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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIndustry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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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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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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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.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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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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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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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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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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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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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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