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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIt 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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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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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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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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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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Silence can never be misquoted.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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