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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.

Calvin Coolidge

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
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
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
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
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
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
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
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
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
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
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
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Politics Property Right
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
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price

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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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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