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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

Calvin Coolidge

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Himself Learning Lesson Oneself Word
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Easy Government Money
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
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
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Government Need
If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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Beyond Creation Equality Government Men Power Progress Right
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
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
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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Art End Government Mean Politics
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
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
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War

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