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

Calvin Coolidge

The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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Danger Direction Economic Failure
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
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
The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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Country Evil Goodness
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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Constitution Freedom Nation
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Funny Humor Law Myself People
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
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
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
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
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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Appearance Civilization Nation
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
The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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Country Freedom Necessary People Principle Security
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
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Politics Property Right
No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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End Pay People Rich Talk
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
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
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
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
We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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Feeling Law Myself

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