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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

Calvin Coolidge

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

Government People Rule
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
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
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Government Job Solution
We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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Charity Honor Ideal Peace
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
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
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
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
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.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Control Government Independent Liberty Selfish Unity

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