Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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.
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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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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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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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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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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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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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