You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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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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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.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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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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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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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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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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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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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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Life is one darn thing after another.
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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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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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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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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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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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Silence can never be misquoted.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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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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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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