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Terms | Definitions |
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 coolidge | it is a great advantage to be a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man |
| coolidge | the fundamental precept of liberty is toleration |
| coolidge | the nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten |
| coolidge | prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped |
| coolidge | the power to tax is the power to destroy. 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. |
| hoover | the worst evil of disregard for some law is that it destroys respect for all law |
| hoover | no nation or individual has been able to squander itself into prosperity |
| hoover | free speech does not live many hours after free industry and free commerce die |
| hoover | it is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own |
| roosevelt | our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement with out loss of essential form |
| roosevelt | the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little |
| roosevelt | we must be the great arsenal of democracy |
| roosevelt | the truth is found when men are free to pursue it |
| roosevelt | when peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries everywhere is in danger |
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