It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGEWe 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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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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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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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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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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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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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Silence can never be misquoted.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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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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