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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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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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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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