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Silence can never be misquoted.

Calvin Coolidge

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
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
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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Country Government Opportunity
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Deep Peace Strength Strong Weakness
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
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Job People Work
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
Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Politics Yourself
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Government Job Solution
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
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal

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