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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Calvin Coolidge

Money will not purchase character or good government.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Character Goodness Government Money
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
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Government People Rule
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
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
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
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Thinking Yourself
If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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Beyond Creation Equality Government Men Power Progress Right
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
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
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Achievement Doubt
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
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
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

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