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.
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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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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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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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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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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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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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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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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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 property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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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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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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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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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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