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

Calvin Coolidge

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Business Improvement Present
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
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Freedom Important Independent Money Quite
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
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Control Government Independent Liberty Selfish Unity
Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Effort Freedom Greatness Price
The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Giving Help Himself
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
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 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
Money will not purchase character or good government.
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Character Goodness Government Money
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Good Woman Help Men
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
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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God Money Patriot Prosperity
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
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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