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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.

Calvin Coolidge

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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Freedom Government Result Save
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
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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Accomplishment Myself Politics
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
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
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
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 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
There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Country Difficult Faith God Ourselves Support Teaching
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Government People Rule
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Politics Property Right

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