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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Calvin Coolidge

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
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Country Difficult Faith God Ourselves Support Teaching
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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Forever Freedom Law Religious
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
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
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
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Generosity Himself Leadership Life Motivational
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success 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
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time

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