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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.

Calvin Coolidge

Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
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
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
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
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
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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Appearance Civilization Nation
Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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Important Oneself Reality
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Country Difficult Faith God Ourselves Support Teaching
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
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
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
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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Character Experience Men Resistance Temptation
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself

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