Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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.
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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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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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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