We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
CALVIN COOLIDGEFour-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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 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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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.
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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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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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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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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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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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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