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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.

Calvin Coolidge

Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
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
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
The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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Country Difficult Faith God Ourselves Support Teaching
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
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 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
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
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
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
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
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
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
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Politics Property Right
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself

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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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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