Life is one darn thing after another.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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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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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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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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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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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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