If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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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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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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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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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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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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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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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