The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
CALVIN COOLIDGEFreedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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