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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Calvin Coolidge

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
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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Dissappear Politics Trouble
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
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
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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Determination Force Reason
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
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Commitment Dedication Intelligence Missing Passion Persistence Talent
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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Country Government Opportunity
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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America Divine Human Man Purpose
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
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment

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