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In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

Calvin Coolidge

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Government People Rule
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help 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
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
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
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
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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Death Democracy Feeling Himself Institution Leadership Men Ourselves Spirit
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
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
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
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
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
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification

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