The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
CALVIN COOLIDGEYou don’t have to explain something you never said.
CALVIN COOLIDGEFreedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
CALVIN COOLIDGEYou 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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEA government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
CALVIN COOLIDGEPatriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIn a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
CALVIN COOLIDGECollecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
CALVIN COOLIDGEAmerican ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIt is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGEMoney will not purchase character or good government.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
CALVIN COOLIDGENo person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
CALVIN COOLIDGEPolitics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIn life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
CALVIN COOLIDGEMan everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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