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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

Calvin Coolidge

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
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Care Problem Simplicity
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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Healing Man Mindset Nature Spirit Strength Tree
American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Change Ideal Understand
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
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
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
Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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Art End Government Mean Politics
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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Action Government People Theory Wrong
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
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
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification

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