American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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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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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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 must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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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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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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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.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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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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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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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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