The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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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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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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Unless 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.
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No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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