We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWhat men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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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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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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