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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

Calvin Coolidge

What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
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. Self-government means self-reliance.
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Freedom Government Result Save
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Government People Rule
You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Bills Goodness Important Man
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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Control Firsts Information Source
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Citizenship Failure Government People
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Commitment Dedication Intelligence Missing Passion Persistence Talent
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Country Difficult Faith God Ourselves Support Teaching
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Funny Humor Law Myself People
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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Country Government Opportunity

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