Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution and the law. While there may be those of high intelligence who violate the law at times, the barbarian and the defective always violate it. Those who disregard the rules of society are not exhibiting a superior intelligence, are not promoting freedom and independence, are not following the path of civilization, but are displaying the traits of ignorance, of servitude, of savagery, and treading the way that leads back to the jungle.
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. - Calvin Coolidge
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
- Calvin Coolidge
Silence can never be misquoted. - Calvin Coolidge
Silence can never be misquoted.
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty. - Calvin Coolidge
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
You can't know too much, but you can say too much. - Calvin Coolidge
You can't know too much, but you can say too much.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Calvin Coolidge
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. … - Calvin Coolidge
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. …
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its i… - Calvin Coolidge
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its i…
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success. - Calvin Coolidge
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.
Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it. - Calvin Coolidge
Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.
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