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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.

Calvin Coolidge

America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
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
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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Determination Force Reason
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
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 ideals.
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Danger Direction Economic Failure
Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Citizenship Education Law
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Politics Yourself
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Government Liberty Necessary People Protection
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
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
If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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Beyond Creation Equality Government Men Power Progress Right

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