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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.

Calvin Coolidge

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
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
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
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
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Achievement Doubt
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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Beyond Collection Doubt Reward
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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Happiness Positive Run Thinking Yourself
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Intellectual Philosophy Spiritual Vision
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Government People Rule
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
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
Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
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Art End Government Mean Politics
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner

The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.

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