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Silence can never be misquoted.

Calvin Coolidge

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
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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Control People Wild
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
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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Care Problem Simplicity
School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Beginning Education Learning
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
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Thinking Yourself
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
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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Country Freedom Necessary People Principle Security
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Believe Equality Government Justice Ourselves Religion Right Truth
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present

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