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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.

Calvin Coolidge

The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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Old People Practice Relation
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
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
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
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
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
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
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
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
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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Freedom Important Independent Money Quite
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
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
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order

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