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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

Calvin Coolidge

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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Patience Preparation Responsibility Teaching Training
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
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Government Job Solution
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
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
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
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Care Country Easy Patriot Understand
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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Forever Freedom Law Religious
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild

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