You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGEAmerica has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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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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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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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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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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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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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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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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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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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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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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