You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
CALVIN COOLIDGEGovernments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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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 only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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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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No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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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.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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