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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.

Calvin Coolidge

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Intellectual Philosophy Spiritual Vision
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
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
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
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
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
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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Country Government Opportunity
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
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
We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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Charity Honor Ideal Peace
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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Democracy Faith Greatness Hope Humanity Religious
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

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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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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