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Action Quotes by Calvin Coolidge
- We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity…
- A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must be independent and…
- We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts....…
- Restricted immigration is not an offensive but purely a defensive action. It is not adopted in criticism of others in the slightest degree, but solely…
- 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…
- All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
- We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
- In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing…
- We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention, on…
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