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.
CALVIN COOLIDGESurprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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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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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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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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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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