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.
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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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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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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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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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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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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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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