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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

Calvin Coolidge

Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner
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
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
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
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
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
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
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
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
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
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
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty

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