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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.

Calvin Coolidge

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
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
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Government Need
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
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
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
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
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
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Care Problem Simplicity
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
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
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity

The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.

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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.

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