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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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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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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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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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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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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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