Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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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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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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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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