Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
CALVIN COOLIDGEOne of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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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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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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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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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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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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