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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.

Calvin Coolidge

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Care Country Easy Patriot Understand
We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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Feeling Law Myself
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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Dissappear Politics Trouble
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
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
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
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
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
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
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 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
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
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity

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