School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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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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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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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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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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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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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.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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