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

Calvin Coolidge

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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Funny Humor Law Myself People
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
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Danger Direction Economic Failure
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Collective Duty Personal
When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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Death Democracy Feeling Himself Institution Leadership Men Ourselves Spirit
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Forget Nation People War
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
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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Harm History Myself Silence
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
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Responsibility Right Simplicity
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 don’t have to explain something you never said.
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Explanation Silence
America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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Character Men Problem Woman
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
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
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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Country Government Opportunity
You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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Prosperity Success Yourself

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