The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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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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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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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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When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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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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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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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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