The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
CALVIN COOLIDGEEconomy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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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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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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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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