Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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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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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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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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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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