There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
CALVIN COOLIDGEUltimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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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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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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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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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 want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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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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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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