Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWhen more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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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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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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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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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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