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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.

Calvin Coolidge

You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Bills Goodness Important Man
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
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
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Funny Humor Law Myself People
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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Freedom Important Independent Money Quite
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 cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation 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 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
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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Action Government People Theory Wrong
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Character Creation Self Wealth

America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.

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