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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

Calvin Coolidge

Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
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Effort Growth Intellectual Work
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
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
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
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
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Government Liberty Necessary People Protection
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Believe Equality Government Justice Ourselves Religion Right Truth
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Character Creation Self Wealth
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner
Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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Ability Disappointment Givie Up Success
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
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

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