I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
CALVIN COOLIDGENever go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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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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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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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 most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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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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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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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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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.
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