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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.

Calvin Coolidge

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Myself People Want
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
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
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
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
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
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
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
Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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Attention Important Men Problem Serious
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Choice Knowledge Yourself
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
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself

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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