The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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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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There 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.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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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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