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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.

Calvin Coolidge

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
If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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Democracy Faith Greatness Hope Humanity Religious
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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Country Government Opportunity
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Generosity Himself Leadership Life Motivational
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision
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
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
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
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
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Direction Hard Work Knowledge Maturity Simplicity Wisdom
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Government People Rule
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
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People

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