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We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.

Calvin Coolidge

A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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Determination Force Reason
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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Control Government Independent Liberty Selfish Unity
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Citizenship Failure Government People
The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Government Job Solution
Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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Ability Disappointment Givie Up Success
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
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
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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Forever Freedom Law Religious
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.

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