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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.

Calvin Coolidge

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
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
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
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
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
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
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision
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
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
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
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Government Need
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Government Liberty Necessary People Protection
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal

We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.

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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.

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