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

Calvin Coolidge

You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Choice Knowledge Yourself
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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Character Civilization Government
The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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America Divine Human Man Purpose
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
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
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
Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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Important Oneself Reality
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Funny Humor Law Myself People
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Believe Equality Government Justice Ourselves Religion Right Truth
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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Democracy Faith Greatness Hope Humanity Religious
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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Beyond Collection Doubt Reward

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