The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
CALVIN COOLIDGEMan everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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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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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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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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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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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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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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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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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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