The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
CALVIN COOLIDGELiberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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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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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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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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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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.
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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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