Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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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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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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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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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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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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The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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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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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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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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