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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThey 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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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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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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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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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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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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The 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.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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