Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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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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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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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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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 most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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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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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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