American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
CALVIN COOLIDGENo matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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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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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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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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