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Self Government Quotes by Calvin Coolidge

8 Self Government quotes by Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge offers eight brief reflections on personal responsibility and self‑governance, giving a quick, principled perspective for those valuing independence.

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Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what…

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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…

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No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government. No plan of centralization has…

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Self-government means self support.

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There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange…

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What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government.…

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We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation,…

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The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve…

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“I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.”

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“It has been my observation in life that, if one will only exercise the patience to wait, his wants are likely to be filled.”

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The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn…

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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.…

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“The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten.”

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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

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Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what to do.…

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The government can supply no substitute for enterprise.

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“While we should not refuse to spend and be spent in the service of our country, it is hazardous to attempt what we feel…

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One of the greatest dangers to peace lies in the economic pressure to which people find themselves subjected. One of the most practical things…

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War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.

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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the…

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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…

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