I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
CALVIN COOLIDGEOur government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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.
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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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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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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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