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“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.”

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Calvin Coolidge

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.

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Calvin Coolidge

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Patriotism

Calvin Coolidge

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Strength

Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Loneliness