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

Calvin Coolidge

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
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
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
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.
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Character Civilization Government
The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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Act Powerful Togetherness
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
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Commitment Dedication Intelligence Missing Passion Persistence Talent
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Citizenship Education Law
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
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
If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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Democracy Faith Greatness Hope Humanity Religious
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Believe Equality Government Justice Ourselves Religion Right Truth

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

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