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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.

Calvin Coolidge

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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Difficult Greatness Men
Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Generosity Himself Leadership Life Motivational
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
The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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America Divine Human Man Purpose
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
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Citizenship Law Rule
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
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
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
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
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
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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Action Government People Theory Wrong
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

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