The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
CALVIN COOLIDGETeaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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 can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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