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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

Calvin Coolidge

If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Citizenship Failure Government People
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
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
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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Freedom Government Result Save
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
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
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Generosity Himself Leadership Life Motivational
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Intellectual Philosophy Spiritual Vision
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Bills Goodness Important Man
Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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Patience Preparation Responsibility Teaching Training
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics

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