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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Calvin Coolidge

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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Dissappear Politics Trouble
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
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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Control Firsts Information Source
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
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
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
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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Country Evil Goodness
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
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
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
School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Beginning Education Learning
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
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
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

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