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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 and liberty will be gone, and the general public will

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 and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.

Calvin Coolidge
Selfish, Taken, Government

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Calvin Coolidge
Inspirational, Motivational, Strength
Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Calvin Coolidge
Strength, Peace, Strong
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

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 for the purpose of protecting ourselves. We cast no aspersions on any race or creed, but we must remember that every object of our institutions of society and government will fail unless America be kept American.

Calvin Coolidge
Race, Government, America

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Calvin Coolidge
Prosperity, Increase

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.

Calvin Coolidge
Information, Firsts, Source
"The Press Under a Free Government". Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, January 17, 1925.

Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.

Calvin Coolidge
Giving Up, Disappointment, Faces

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

Calvin Coolidge
Knowledge, Too Much, Knows

Silence can never be misquoted.

Calvin Coolidge
Silence

The world is full of educated derelicts.

Calvin Coolidge
Perseverance, Determination, Persistence
Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, People, Presidential

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Calvin Coolidge
Liberty, Libertarian, Individualism
"Authority and Religious Liberty". Address before the Holy Name Society, Washington, D.C., archive.org. September 21, 1924.

One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.

Calvin Coolidge
Rights, Republic, Individual

We do not need more material development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more government, we need more culture. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. It is on that side of life that it is desirable to put the emphasis at the present time. If that side be strengthened, the other side will take care of itself.

Calvin Coolidge
Spiritual, Character, Government
Calvin Coolidge (1925). “America's Need for Education: And Other Educational Addresses”

Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.

Calvin Coolidge
Achievement, Doubters, Achieve
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

Calvin Coolidge
Passion, Commitment, Persistence

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

Calvin Coolidge
People, President, Toil

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay the taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil. It is your fellow workers who are ordered to work for the Government, every time an appropriation bill is passed. The people pay the expense of government, often many times over, in the increased cost of living. I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.

Calvin Coolidge
Cost Of Living, Government, People

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, Needs, Locals
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Calvin Coolidge
Military, Army, Navy
Duff Gilfond, Calvin Coolidge (1932). “The Rise of Saint Calvin: Merry Sidelights on the Career of Mr. Coolidge”

There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.

Calvin Coolidge
Character, Prosperity, Destruction
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.64, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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

Calvin Coolidge
Life, Leadership, Motivational Sports
Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”

The final solution for unemployment is work.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, Finals, Unemployment

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Calvin Coolidge
Government, America, People
Speech on Taxes, Liberty, and the Philosophy of Government, delivered 11 August 1924, The White House Grounds, Washington, D.C.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Calvin Coolidge
Presidential, Liberty, Taxation
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.