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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

Calvin Coolidge

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
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
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
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
One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Himself Learning Lesson Oneself Word
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
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Easy Government Money
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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Human Live Patriot Politics Priviledge Race
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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Difficult Greatness Men
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
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
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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End Pay People Rich Talk

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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