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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together.
Calvin Coolidgeverified·To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President, in Have Faith in Massachusetts·January 7, 1914
30th president · 1923–1929
Calvin Coolidge
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The suspension of one man's dividends is the suspension of another man's pay envelope.
Calvin Coolidgeverified·To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President, in Have Faith in Massachusetts·January 7, 1914
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Men do not make laws. They do but discover them.
Calvin Coolidgeverified·To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President, in Have Faith in Massachusetts·January 7, 1914
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Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil.
Calvin Coolidgeverified·To the State Senate on Being Elected Its President, in Have Faith in Massachusetts·January 7, 1914
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The Government can not successfully insure prosperity or fix prices by legislative fiat.
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The whole theory of our institutions is based on the liberty and independence of the individual.