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

Calvin Coolidge

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
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Government Liberty Necessary People Protection
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
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
We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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Charity Honor Ideal Peace
Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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Attention Important Men Problem Serious
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
American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Change Ideal Understand
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
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
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
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Generosity Himself Leadership Life Motivational

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