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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

Calvin Coolidge

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People
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
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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Character Experience Men Resistance Temptation
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
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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Deal Education Greatness Men Science
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
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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Freedom Important Independent Money Quite
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty

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