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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.

Calvin Coolidge

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
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
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Government Liberty Necessary People Protection
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
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
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
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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Action Government People Theory Wrong
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
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
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
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men

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