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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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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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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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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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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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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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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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