I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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