School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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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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You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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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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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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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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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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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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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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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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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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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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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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