School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
CALVIN COOLIDGENothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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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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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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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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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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The 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.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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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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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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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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