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.
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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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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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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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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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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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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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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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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