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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Calvin Coolidge

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
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Citizenship Failure Government People
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People
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
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
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Bills Goodness Important Man
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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Control Government Independent Liberty Selfish Unity
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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Character Experience Men Resistance Temptation
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
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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Deal Education Greatness Men Science
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
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

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