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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

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
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
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
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Care Problem Simplicity
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification
A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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Determination Force Reason
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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Democracy Faith Greatness Hope Humanity Religious
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.
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Danger Direction Economic Failure
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
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
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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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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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

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