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Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.

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
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Believe Equality Government Justice Ourselves Religion Right Truth
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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Feeling Law Myself
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
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
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
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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Freedom Important Independent Money Quite
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
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
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
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

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