What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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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Life is one darn thing after another.
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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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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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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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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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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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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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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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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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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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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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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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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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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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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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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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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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