A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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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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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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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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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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