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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

Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Achievement Doubt
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Funny Humor Law Myself People
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
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner
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
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
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 increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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End Pay People Rich Talk
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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Healing Man Mindset Nature Spirit Strength Tree
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
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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Country Freedom Necessary People Principle Security
We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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Charity Honor Ideal Peace

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