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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

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
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Easy Government Money
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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Accomplishment Effort Generosity People
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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Important Oneself Reality
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
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Politics Property Right
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
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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Human Live Patriot Politics Priviledge Race
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Direction Hard Work Knowledge Maturity Simplicity Wisdom

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