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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.

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
American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Change Ideal Understand
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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Patience Preparation Responsibility Teaching Training
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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Dissappear Politics Trouble
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Politics Yourself
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Government Liberty Necessary People Protection
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
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
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
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
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
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
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

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