We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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We 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.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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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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