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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 have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Harm History Myself Silence
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Achievement Doubt
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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Accomplishment Effort Generosity People
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Effort Growth Intellectual Work
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
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
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
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Government Need
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Easy Government Money
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
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
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

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