Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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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 must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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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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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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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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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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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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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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