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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.
-Calvin Coolidge
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There Is New Life

Calvin Coolidge
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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Country
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It Is Necessary To Have Party Organization If We Are To Have Effective And Efficient Government. The Only Difference Between A Mob And A Trained Army Is Organization, And The Only Difference Between A Disorganized Country And One That Has The Advantage Of A Wise And Sound Government Is Fundamentally A Question Of Organization.
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The Constitution Is The Sole Source And Guaranty Of National Freedom.
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Works Which Endure Come From The Soul Of The People. The Mighty In Their Pride Walk Alone To Destruction. The Humble Walk Hand In Hand With Providence To Immortality. Their Works Survive.
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Unless We Lay Our Course In Accordance With This Principle, The Great Power For Good In The World With Which We Have Been Intrusted By A Divine Providence Will Be Turned To A Power For Evil.
Evil
Principles
World
Honorable Senators: My Sincerest Thanks I Offer You. Conserve The Firm Foundations Of Our Institutions. Do Your Work With The Spirit Of A Soldier In The Public Service. Be Loyal To The Commonwealth And To Yourselves And Be Brief; Above All Be Brief.
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A Government Which Requires Of The People The Contribution Of The Bulk Of Their Substance And Rewards Cannot Be Classed As A Free Government.
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No Person Was Ever Honored For What He Received. Honor Has Been The Reward For What He Gave.
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Proposal
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[the Reason A Man Has] So Much Trouble With The Senate Is That There Isn't A Man In The Senate Who Doesn't Think He Is Better Suited To Be President Than The President, And Thinks He Might Have Been President Except For Luck.
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There Is No Surer Road To Destruction Than Prosperity Without Character.
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If You Don't Say Anything, You Won't Be Called On To Repeat It.
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I Did Not See The Sense In Chasing A Little White Ball Around A Field.
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Character Is The Only Secure Foundation Of The State.
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Nothing In This World Can Take The Place Of Persistence. Talent Will Not: Nothing Is More Common Than Unsuccessful Men With Talent. Genius Will Not; Unrewarded Genius Is Almost A Proverb. Education Will Not: The World Is Full Of Educated Derelicts. Persistence And Determination Alone Are Omnipotent.
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[the Political Mind] Is A Strange Mixture Of Vanity And Timidity, Of An Obsequious Attitude At One Time And A Delusion Of Grandeurat Another Time. The Political Mind Is The Product Of Men In Public Life Who Have Been Twice Spoiled. They Have Been Spoiled With Praise And They Have Been Spoiled With Abuse.
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The Government Can Supply No Substitute For Enterprise.
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Substitutes
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Prosperity Is Only An Instrument To Be Used, Not A Deity To Be Worshipped.
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Office
People
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Nordics Deteriorate When Mixed With Other Races.
Race
There Is No Substitute For A Militant Freedom.
Revolution
Substitutes
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Duty Is Not Collective; It Is Personal.
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The Slogan 'press On' Has Solved And Always Will Solve The Problems Of The Human Race.
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Determination
Persistence And Determination Alone Are Omnipotent.
Inspirational
Motivational
Success
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Race
People
Support
Anytime You Don't Want Anything You Get It.
Want
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.
Government
People
Presidential
We Live An Age Of Science And Of Abounding Accumulation Of Material Things. These Did Not Create The Declaration. Our Declaration Created Them. ... If We Are To Maintain The Great Heritage Which Has Been Bequeathed To Us, We Must Be Like-minded As The Fathers Who Created It.
Father
Science
Independence
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.
Real
Years
Important
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Running
Want Something
Three
I Always Figured The American Public Wanted A Solemn Ass For President, So I Went Along With Them.
President
Ass
Explanation
America Has But One Main Problem -- The Character Of The Men And Women It Shall Produce.
Character
Men
America
If American Democracy Is To Remain The Greatest Hope Of Humanity, It Must Continue Abundantly In The Faith Of The Bible
Presidential
Humanity
Democracy
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Government
America
People
It Is Not Easy To Conceive Of Anything That Would Be More Unfortunate In A Community Based Upon The Ideals Of Which Americans Boast Than Any Considerable Development Of Intolerance As Regards Religion.
Community
Church
Would Be
No Man Ever Listened Himself Out Of A Job.
Jobs
Men
Listening
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Rights
Law
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War
Law
Reign
Why Don't We Just Buy One Airplane And Let The Pilots Take Turns Flying It.
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Flying
Air Power
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Demand
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Vision
Common
Education Should Be The Handmaid Of Citizenship.
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Citizenship
Should
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Running
Dream
Believe
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Government
Firsts
Students
Our Country Represents Nothing But Peaceful Intentions Toward All The Earth, But It Ought Not To Fail To Maintain Such A Military Force As Comports With The Dignity And Security Of A Great People.
Country
Military
People
To The American People: Christmas Is Not A Time Or A Season But A State Of Mind. To Cherish Peace And Good Will, To Be Plenteous In Mercy, Is To Have The Real Spirit Of Christmas. If We Think On These Things, There Will Be Born In Us A Savior And Over Us Will Shine A Star Sending Its Gleam Of Hope To The World." ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American President. Presidential Message (december 25, 1927).
Christmas
Stars
Xmas
The Welfare Of The Weakest And The Welfare Of The Most Powerful Are Inseparably Bound Together. ... The General Welfare Cannot Be Provided For In Any One Act, But It Is Well To Remember That The Benefit Of One Is The Benefit Of All, And The Neglect Of One Is The Neglect Of All.
Powerful
Together
Benefits
You Know, I Have Found In The Course Of A Long Public Life That The Things I Did Not Say Never Hurt Me.
Life
Hurt
Long
The Right Thing To Do Never Requires Any Subterfuge, It Is Always Simple And Direct.
Simple
Accountability
Political
The Higher State To Which [america] Seeks The Allegiance Of All Mankind Is Not Of Human, But Of Divine Origin. She Cherishes No Purpose Save To Merit The Favor Of Almighty God.
America
Purpose
Favors
The Chief Business Of America Is Business.
America
Chiefs
The Two Great Political Parties Of The Nation Have Existed For The Purpose, Each In Accordance With Its Own Principles, Of Undertaking To Serve The Interests Of The Whole Nation. Their Members Of The Congress Are Chosen With That Great End In View.
Party
Views
Two
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.
Education
Science
Men
One Insidious Practice Which Sugar-coats The Dose Of Federal Intrusion Is The Division Of Expense . . .
Government
Practice
Division
Nobody Will Ever Forget What I've Accomplished.
Forget
Accomplished
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Friday
Monday
Holiday
The Best Help That Benevolence And Philanthropy Can Give Is That Which Induces Everybody To Help Himself.
Giving
Self Reliance
Helping
We Have Got So Many Regulatory Laws Already That In General I Feel That We Would Be Just As Well Off If We Didn't Have Any More.
Law
Would Be
Wells
Well, Farmers Never Have Made Money. I Don't Believe We Can Do Much About It. But Of Course We Will Have To Seem To Be Doing Something; Do The Best We Can And Without Much Hope. The Life Of The Farmer Has Its Compensations But It Has Always Been One Of Hardship.
Money
Believe
Hardship
It Has Not Been My Fortune To Know Very Much Of Freemasonry, But I Have Had The Great Fortune To Know Many Freemasons And Have Been Able In That Way To Judge The Tree By Its Fruit. I Know Of Your High Ideals. I Have Seen That You Hold Your Meetings In The Presence Of The Open Bible, And I Know That Men Who Observe That Formality Have High Sentiments Of Citizenship, Of Worth, And Character. That Is The Strength Of Our Commonwealth And Nation.
Character
Men
Judging
We Want Wealth, But There Are Many Other Things We Want Very Much More. Among Them Are Peace, Honor, Charity, And Idealism.
Honor
Charity
Want
Wherever We Look, The Work Of The Chemist Has Raised The Level Of Our Civilization And Has Increased The Productive Capacity Of The Nation.
Civilization
Looks
Levels
We Have Found That When Men And Women Are Left Free To Find The Places For Which They Are Best Fitted, Some Few Of Them Will Indeed Attain Less Exalted Stations Than Under A Regime Of Privilege; But The Vast Multitude Will Rise To A Higher Level, To Wider Horizons, To Worthier Attainments.
Men
Horizon
Levels
It Is Hard To See How A Great Man Can Be An Atheist. . . . We Need To Feel That Behind Us Is Intelligence And Love.
Love
Atheist
Men
Baseball Is Our National Game.
Baseball
Games
Any Reward That Is Worth Having Only Comes To The Industrious. The Success Which Is Made In Any Walk Of Life Is Measured Almost Exactly By The Amount Of Hard Work That Is Put Into It.
Hard Work
Rewards
Life Is
I Have Found It Advisable Not To Give Too Much Heed To What People Say When I Am Trying To Accomplish Something Of Consequence. Invariably They Proclaim It Can't Be Done. I Deem That The Very Best Time To Make The Effort.
People
Giving
Effort
A Colored Man Is Precisely As Much Entitled To Submit His Candidacy In A Party Primary, As Is Any Other Citizen. The Decision Must Be Made By The Constituents To Whom He Offers Himself, And By Nobody Else.
Party
Men
Decision
It Has Become The Custom In Our Country To Expect All Chief Executives, From The President Down, To Conduct Activities Analogous To An Entertainment Bureau. No Occasion Is Too Trivial For Its Promoters To Invite Them To Attend And Deliver An Address.
Country
President
Entertainment
One Day The President And Mrs. Coolidge Were Visiting A Government Farm. Soon After Their Arrival They Were Taken Off On Separate Tours. When Mrs. Coolidge Passed The Chicken Pens She Paused To Ask The Man In Charge If The Rooster Copulates More Than Once Each Day. "dozens Of Times, Was The Reply." "please Tell That To The President," Mrs. Coolidge Requested. When The President Passed The Pens And Was Told About The Roosters, He Asked "same Hen Every Time?" "oh No, Mr. President, A Different One Each Time." The President Nodded Slowly, Then Said, "tell That To Mrs. Coolidge."
Taken
Men
One Day
In The Discharge Of The Duties Of This Office, There Is One Rule Of Action More Important Than All Others. It Consists In Never Doing Anything That Someone Else Can Do For You.
Office
Political
Important
Governments Do Not Make Ideals, But Ideals Make Governments. This Is Both Historically And Logically True. Of Course The Government Can Help To Sustain Ideals And Can Create Institutions Through Which They Can Be The Better Observed, But Their Source By Their Very Nature Is In The People. The People Have To Bear Their Own Responsibilities. There Is No Method By Which That Burden Can Be Shifted To The Government. It Is Not The Enactment, But The Observance Of Laws, That Creates The Character Of A Nation.
Character
Responsibility
Government
Look Well To The Hearthstone; Therein All Hope For America Lies.
Lying
Home
Heart
If The People Lose Control Of The Arteries Of Trade And The Natural Sources Of Mechanical Power, The Nationalization Of All Industry Should Soon Be Expected. Our Forefathers Were Alert To Resist All Encroachments Upon Their Rights. If We Wish To Maintain Our Rights, We Can Do No Less.
Rights
People
Wish
History Reveals No Civilized People Among Whom There Was Not A Highly Educated Class And Large Aggregations Of Wealth. Large Profits Mean Large Payrolls.
Mean
Class
People
Faith Is The Great Motive Power, And No Man Realizes His Full Possibilities Unless He Has The Deep Conviction That Life Is Eternally Important And That His Work Well Done Is A Part Of An Unending Plan.
Life
Faith
Men
Coincident With The Right Of Individual Property Under The Provisions Of Our Government Is The Right Of Individual Property. . . . When Once The Right Of The Individual To Liberty And Equality Is Admitted, There Is No Escape From The Conclusion That He Alone Is Entitled To The Rewards Of His Own Industry. Any Other Conclusion Would Necessarily Imply Either Privilege Or Servitude.
Government
Liberty
Rewards
Politics Is Not An End, But A Means. It Is Not A Product, But A Process. It Is The Art Of Government. Like Other Values It Has Its Counterfeits. So Much Emphasis Has Been Placed Upon The False That The Significance Of The True Has Been Obscured And Politics Has Come To Convey The Meaning Of Crafty And Cunning Selfishness, Instead Of Candid And Sincere Service.
Art
Mean
Government
It Is Not The Enactment, But The Observance Of Laws, That Creates The Character Of A Nation.
Character
Law
Nations
Advertising Ministers To The Spiritual Side Of Trade.
Spiritual
Business
Sides
Coolidge Expressed His "sympathy With The Deep And Intense Longing Which Finds Such Fine Expression In The Jewish National Homeland In Palestine."
Israel
Expression
Presidential
We Do Not Need More Material Development, We Need More Spiritual Development. We Do Not Need More Intellectual Power, We Need More Moral Power. We Do Not Need More Knowledge, We Need More Character. We Do Not Need More Government, We Need More Culture. We Do Not Need More Law, We Need More Religion. We Do Not Need More Of The Things That Are Seen, We Need More Of The Things That Are Unseen. It Is On That Side Of Life That It Is Desirable To Put The Emphasis At The Present Time. If That Side Be Strengthened, The Other Side Will Take Care Of Itself.
Spiritual
Character
Government
Don't Expect To Build Up The Weak By Pulling Down The Strong.
Strength
Peace
Strong
The Chief Business Of The American People Is Business.
Business
People
Chiefs
Don't Hesitate To Be As Revolutionary As Science. Don't Hesitate To Be As Reactionary As The Multiplication Table.
Tables
Revolutionary
Multiplication
There Has Been Abroad Many Times Some Criticism Of Our Government, Of Our People, And Our Ways, But That Has Demonstrated, I Think, That When They Are In Real Trouble And Real Difficulty Over There, They Turn To Us As A Nation That Will Be Fair With Them--one In Whose Judgment And In Whose Character They Can Rely; And That Not Withstanding Differences That Have Seemed To Exist, They Are Willing To Abide By The Faith That They Have In Us, And I Think That Is A Very Substantial Accomplishment.
Real
Character
Pride
Under Our Institutions The Only Way To Perfect The Government Is To Perfect The Individual Citizen. It Is Necessary To Reach The Mind And Soul Of The Individual. I Know Of No Way That This Can Be Done Save Through The Influence Of Religion And Education. By Religion I Do Not Mean Fanaticism Or Bigotry; By Education I Do Not Mean The Cant Of The Schools, But A Broad And Tolerant Faith, Loving Thy Neighbor As Thyself, And A Training And Experience That Enables The Human Mind To See Into The Heart Of Things.
Heart
School
Mean
We Identify The Flag With Almost Everything We Hold Dear On Earth, Peace, Security, Liberty, Our Family, Our Friends, Our Home. . .but When We Look At Our Flag And Behold It Emblazoned With All Our Rights We Must Remember That It Is Equally A Symbol Of Our Duties. Every Glory That We Associate With It Is The Result Of Duty Done.
4th Of July
Patriotic
Home
There Is No Right To Strike Against The Public Safety By Anybody, Anywhere, Any Time.
Time
Safety
Strikes
Nations Are Beginning To Look To Some Vague Organization, Some Nebulous Course Of Humanity, To Pay Their Bills And Tell Them What To Do. This Is Not Local Self-government. It Is Not American. It Is Not The Method Which Has Made This Country What It Is. We Can Not Maintain The Western Standard Of Civilization On That Theory. If It Is Supported At All, It Will Have To Be Supported On The Principle Of Individual Responsibility.
Country
Responsibility
Government
It Is Hard To See How A Great Man Can Be An Atheist. Without The Sustaining Influence Of Faith In A Divine Power We Could Have Little Faith In Ourselves. We Need To Feel That Behind Us Is Intelligence And Love. Doubters Do Not Achieve; Skeptics Do Not Contribute; Cynics Do Not Create. Faith Is The Great Motive Power, And No Man Realizes His Full Possibilities Unless He Has The Deep Conviction That Life Is Eternally Important, And That His Work, Well Done, Is A Part Of An Unending Plan.
Atheist
Men
Important
One Of The Greatest Favors That Can Be Bestowed Upon The American People Is Economy In Government.
Government
People
Favors
No Enterprise Can Exist For Itself Alone.
Business
Enterprise
Profitable Business
The Property Of The People Belongs To The People. To Take It From Them By Taxation Cannot Be Justified Except By Urgent Public Necessity. Unless This Principle Be Recognized Our Country Is No Longer Secure, Our People No Longer Free.
Country
People
Principles
I Favor The Policy Of Economy, Not Because I Wish To Save Money, But Because I Wish To Save People.
People
Wish
Favors
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.
Bible
God
Country
America... Cherishes No Purpose Save To Merit The Favor Of Almighty God.
America
Merit
Purpose
I Want The People Of America To Be Able To Work Less For The Government And More For Themselves. I Want Them To Have The Rewards Of Their Own Industry. This Is The Chief Meaning Of Freedom. Until We Can Reestablish A Condition Under Which The Earnings Of The People Can Be Kept By The People, We Are Bound To Suffer A Very Severe And Distinct Curtailment Of Our Liberty.
Government
America
People
The World Is Full Of Educated Derelicts.
Perseverance
Determination
Persistence
They [the Founding Fathers] Were Intent Upon Establishing A Christian Commonwealth In Accordance With The Principle Of Self-government. They Were An Inspired Body Of Men. It Has Been Said That God Sifted The Nations That He Might Send Choice Grain Into The Wilderness ... Who Can Fail To See It In The Hand Of Destiny? Who Can Doubt That It Has Been Guided By A Divine Providence?
Christian
Father
Destiny
Men Do Not Make Laws. They Do But Discover Them.
Men
Law
Nullification
To Live Under The American Constitution Is The Greatest Political Privilege That Was Ever Accorded To The Human Race.
Patriotic
Race
Political
The Attempt To Regulate, Control, And Prescribe All Manner Of Conduct And Social Relations Is Very Old. It Was Always The Practice Of Primitive Peoples.
Practice
Social
Relation
Despotism Has Forever Had A Powerful Hold Upon The World. Autocratic Government, Not Self-government, Has Been The Prevailing State Of Mankind. The Record Of Past History Is The Record, Not Of The Success Of Republics, But Of Their Failure.
Powerful
Past
Government
In A Republic The First Rule For The Guidance Of The Citizen Is Obedience Of The Law.
Law
Citizens
Republic
Whenever I Indulge My Sense Of Humor, It Gets Me Into Trouble.
Sense Of Humor
Trouble
Indulge
There Is No Dignity Quite So Impressive, And No One Independence Quite So Important, As Living Within Your Means.
Money
Freedom
Mean
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.
Leadership
Men
Republic
July 4, 1776 Was The Historic Day On Which The Representatives Of Three Millions Of People Vocalized Concord, And Lexington, And Bunker Hill, Which Gave Notice To The World That They Proposed To Establish An Independent Nation On The Theory That All Men Are Created Equal, That They Are Endowed By Their Creator With Certain Inalienable Rights, That Among These Are Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness.
Independent
Men
Pursuit Of Happiness
Changing A College Curriculum Is Like Moving A Graveyard-you Never Know How Many Friends The Dead Have Until You Try To Move Them!
Friendship
Moving
College
There Are Racial Considerations Too Grave To Be Brushed Aside For Any Sentimental Reasons. Biological Laws Tell Us That Certain Divergent People Will Not Mix Or Blend. The Nordics Propagate Themselves Successfully. With Other Races, The Outcome Shows Deterioration On Both Sides. Quality Of Mind And Body Suggests That Observance Of Ethnic Law Is As Great A Necessity To A Nation As Immigration Law.
Race
Law
People
You Don't Have To Explain Something You Never Said.
Silence
Said
I Want The People To Work Less For The Government And More For Themselves. I Want Them To Have The Rewards Of Their Own Industry.
Government
People
Want
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.
Government
People
Citizens
Industry Cannot Flourish If Labor Languish.
Work
Labor
Languish
If We Judge Ourselves Only By Our Aspirations And Everyone Else Only Their Conduct We Shall Soon Reach A Very False Conclusion.
Inspirational
Judging
Criticism
After Order And Liberty, Economy Is One Of The Highest Essentials Of A Free Government.
Government
Order
Liberty
The American Revolution Represented The Informed And Mature Convictions Of A Great Mass Of Independent, Liberty-loving, God-fearing People Who Knew Their Rights, And Possessed The Courage To Dare To Maintain Them.
Independent
Rights
People
[sun Yat-sen Is A] Combined Benjamin Franklin And George Washington Of China.
Chinese
President
Sun
It Is Difficult For Men In High Office To Avoid The Malady Of Self-delusion
Men
Self
Office
Good Government Cannot Be Found On The Bargain-counter. We Have Seen Samples Of Bargain-counter Government In The Past When Low Tax Rates Were Secured By Increasing The Bonded Debt For Current Expenses Or Refusing To Keep Our Institutions Up To The Standard In Repairs, Extensions, Equipment, And Accommodations. I Refuse, And The Republican Party Refuses, To Endorse That Method Of Sham And Shoddy Economy.
Party
Past
Government
Freedom Is Not Only Bought With A Great Price; It Is Maintained By Unremitting Effort.
Effort
Because Of What America Is And What America Has Done, A Firmer Courage, A Higher Hope, Inspires The Heart Of All Humanity.
4th Of July
Heart
America
The Strength Of A Country Is The Strength Of Its Religious Convictions.
Country
Religious
Religion
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.
Greatness
Men
Self
Human Nature Provides Sufficient Distrust Of All That Is Alien, So That There Is No Need Of Any Artificial Supply.
Xenophobia
Needs
Aliens
After All, The Chief Business Of The American People Is Business. They Are Profoundly Concerned With Producing, Buying, Selling, Investing And Prospering In The World.
Usa
People
Investing
Little Progress Can Be Made By Merely Attempting To Repress What Is Evil. Our Great Hope Lies In Developing What Is Good.
Hope
Lying
Character
Parties Do Not Maintain Themselves. They Are Maintained By Effort. The Government Is Not Self-existent. It Is Maintained By The Effort Of Those Who Believe In It. The People Of America Believe In American Institutions, The American Form Of Government And The American Method Of Transacting Business.
Party
Believe
Government
It Is Only When Men Begin To Worship That They Begin To Grow.
Religious
Men
Worship
It Is Equally Clear That A Government Must Govern, Must Prescribe And Enforce Laws Within Its Sphere Or Cease To Be A Government. Moreover, The Individual Must Be Independent And Free Within His Own Sphere Or Cease To Be An Individual. The Fundamental Question Was Then, Is Now, And Always Will Be Through What Adjustments, By What Actions, These Principles May Be Applied.
Independent
Government
Law
The Government Of A Country Never Gets Ahead Of The Religion Of A Country. There Is No Way By Which We Can Substitute The Authority Of The Law For The Virtues Of Men.
Country
Men
Law
Surprisingly Few Men Are Lacking In Capacity, But They Fail Because... They Are Too Indolent To Apply Themselves With The Seriousness And The Attention That Is Necessary To Solve Important Problems.
Men
Important
Attention
One Of The Greatest Dangers To Peace Lies In The Economic Pressure To Which People Find Themselves Subjected. One Of The Most Practical Things To Be Done In The World Is To Seek Arrangements Under Which Such Pressure May Be Removed, So That Opportunity May Be Renewed And Hope May Be Revived.
Peace
Lying
Opportunity
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.
Teaching
Responsibility
Preparation
The Business Of America Is Business.
Business
Military
America
There's More, Much More, To Christmas Than Candlelight And Cheer; It's The Spirit Of Sweet Friendship That Brightens All Year. It's Thoughtfulness And Kindness, It's Hope Reborn Again, For Peace, For Understanding, And For Goodwill To Men!
Sweet
Kindness
Cheer
This Country Would Not Be A Land Of Opportunity, America Could Not Be America, If The People Were Shackled With Government Monopolies.
Country
Opportunity
Government
If You Can Get Enough Votes So That Mine Will Make A Majority, You Can Have It.
Majority
Politics
Vote
Nature Is Inexorable. If Men Do Not Follow The Truth They Cannot Live.
Wisdom
Men
President
What America Needs Is To Hold To Its Ancient And Well-charted Course. Our Country Was Conceived In The Theory Of Local Self-government. It Has Been Dedicated By Long Practice To That Wise And Beneficent Policy. It Is The Foundation Principle Of Our System Of Liberty. It Makes The Largest Promise To The Freedom And Development Of The Individual. Its Preservation Is Worth All The Effort And All The Sacrifice That It May Cost.
Wise
Country
Sacrifice
No Congress Of The United States Ever Assembled, On Surveying The State Of The Union, Has Met With A More Pleasing Prospect Than That Which Appears At The Present Time. In The Domestic Field There Is Tranquillity And Contentment, Harmonious Relations Between Management And Wage Earner, Freedom From Industrial Strife, And The Highest Record Of Years Of Prosperity.
Depression
Years
Political
When People Are Bewildered They Tend To Become Credulous.
People
Gullibility
Bewildered
America Has Many Glories. The Last One That She Would Wish To Surrender Is The Glory Of The Men Who Have Served Her In War. While Such Devotion Lives, The Nation Is Secure. Whatever Dangers May Threaten From Within Or Without, She Can View Them Calmly. Turning To Her Veterans, She Can Say: 'these Are Our Defenders. They Are Invincible. In Them Is Our Safety.'
War
Men
Views
Realizing That We Can Not Live Unto Ourselves Alone, We Have Contributed Of Our Resources And Our Counsel To The Relief Of The Suffering And The Settlement Of The Disputes Among The European Nations. Because Of What America Is And What America Has Done, A Firmer Courage, A Higher Hope, Inspires The Heart Of All Humanity.
Heart
America
Inspire
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