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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.

Calvin Coolidge

There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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Freedom Government Result Save
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
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
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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Deal Education Greatness Men Science
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
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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Attention Important Men Problem Serious
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 right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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Forever Freedom Law Religious
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
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

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