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 COOLIDGEWorkmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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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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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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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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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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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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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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