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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.

Calvin Coolidge

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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End Pay People Rich Talk
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
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Funny Humor Law Myself People
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
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
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
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Bills Goodness Important Man
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
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
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
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
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Believe Equality Government Justice Ourselves Religion Right Truth
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

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