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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

Calvin Coolidge

There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Government Justification
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
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Ambition Effort Time
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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Government Liberty Necessary Order
Life is one darn thing after another.
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Life One Liner
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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Cold Employment
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
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
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
American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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Change Ideal Understand
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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Beyond Collection Doubt Reward
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
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Goodness Government Important Liberty
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
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
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

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