There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
CALVIN COOLIDGEUnless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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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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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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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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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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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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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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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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