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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

Calvin Coolidge

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
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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Determination Force Reason
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
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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Easy Government Money
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
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Care Country Easy Patriot Understand
School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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Beginning Education Learning
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
Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Citizenship Education Law
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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Character Destruction Prosperity
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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Dissappear Politics Trouble
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision
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
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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