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In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

Calvin Coolidge

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 want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
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 danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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Danger Direction Economic Failure
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
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
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
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
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

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