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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.

Calvin Coolidge

One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People
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
Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
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
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
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
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
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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Danger Direction Economic Failure
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
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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Control Government Independent Liberty Selfish Unity
Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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Ability Disappointment Givie Up Success
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Character Creation Self Wealth
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman

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