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

Calvin Coolidge

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Care Country Easy Patriot Understand
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Intellectual Philosophy Spiritual Vision
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Government Need
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.
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Control Government Independent Liberty Selfish Unity
The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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Country Evil Goodness
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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Happiness Positive Run Thinking Yourself
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Character Creation Self Wealth
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Politics Property Right
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.
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End Pay People Rich Talk
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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Difficult Greatness Men

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