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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEPolitics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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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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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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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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