We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
CALVIN COOLIDGETo live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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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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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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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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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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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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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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