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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

Calvin Coolidge

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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Control Government Independent Liberty Selfish Unity
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Government Need
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
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
The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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Old People Practice Relation
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
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
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Effort Growth Intellectual Work
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
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
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
School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Beginning Education Learning

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