If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWhen 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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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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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Teaching 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.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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