There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
CALVIN COOLIDGEA 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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 most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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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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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.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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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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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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