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Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.

Calvin Coolidge

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Politics Property Right
Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Citizenship Education Law
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
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
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Himself Learning Lesson Oneself Word
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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Healing Man Mindset Nature Spirit Strength Tree
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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Death Democracy Feeling Himself Institution Leadership Men Ourselves Spirit
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
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
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
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
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

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