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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

Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Desire Destiny Men
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

Character Civilization Government
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
Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner
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
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Achievement Doubt
Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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Art End Government Mean Politics
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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Appearance Civilization Nation
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Care Country Easy Patriot Understand
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
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
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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Control Firsts Information Source
Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Politics Yourself
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation

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