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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.

Calvin Coolidge

There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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Deal Education Greatness Men Science
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Citizenship Failure Government People
You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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Bills Goodness Important Man
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
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
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
We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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Action Government People Theory Wrong
Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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Ability Disappointment Givie Up Success
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Intellectual Philosophy Spiritual Vision
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
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
Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.
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Citizenship Education Law
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
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
The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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Country Potential Vision

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