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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
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
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
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
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
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
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
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
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
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Achievement Doubt
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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Old People Practice Relation
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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Act Powerful Togetherness
We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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Charity Honor Ideal Peace
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
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Change Ideal Understand
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
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
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
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
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

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