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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.

Calvin Coolidge

I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
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
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
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
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
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Job People Work
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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Happiness Positive Run Thinking Yourself
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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Freedom Important Independent Money Quite
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
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
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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Beyond Creation Equality Government Men Power Progress Right
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself

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