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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.

Calvin Coolidge

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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Himself Learning Lesson Oneself Word
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
Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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Government Ideal
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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Appearance Civilization Nation
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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Desire Destiny Men
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
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Deep Liberty
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
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Healing Man Mindset Nature Spirit Strength Tree
Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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Patience Preparation Responsibility Teaching Training
One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Government Greatness People
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
If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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Beyond Creation Equality Government Men Power Progress Right
Silence can never be misquoted.
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Silence Wrong
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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Forever Freedom Law Religious
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

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