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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

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Politics Yourself
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
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
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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Country Freedom Necessary People Principle Security
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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America Divine Human Man Purpose
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
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
Life is one darn thing after another.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Life One Liner

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