We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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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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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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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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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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