To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
CALVIN COOLIDGENo person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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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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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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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 sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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