Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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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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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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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Surprisingly 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.
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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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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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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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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