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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.

Calvin Coolidge

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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Feeling Law Myself
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
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
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
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
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
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 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
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
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
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
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
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Care Country Easy Patriot Understand
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
School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Beginning Education Learning

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