There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
CALVIN COOLIDGEProsperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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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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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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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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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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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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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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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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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 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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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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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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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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