Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Look well to the hearthstone; therein all hope for America lies.

It is a great advantage to a President, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know he is not a great man.

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.

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

Theodore Roosevelt was always getting himself in hot water by talking before he had to commit himself upon issues not well-defined.

These things do not happen by chance. There is much less luck in public affairs than some suppose.

America... Cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

I guess I am not naturally energetic. I like to sit around and talk.

[Sun Yat-sen is a] combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.

What the end of the carnage of World War II meant to those who remember it, can never be forgotten, but to all those who don't, its meaning can never be fully understood!

The world is full of educated derelicts

The Business of Our Firm is Business"-Donald W. Hudspeth from:"The Business of America is Business"-Calvin Coolidge

The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny.

You don't have to explain something you haven't said.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.

After order and liberty economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace.

No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.

We cannot do everything at once but we can do something at once.

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody anywhere anytime.

If you don't say anything you won't be called on to repeat it.

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise it can be experienced - it can not be told.

When more and more people are thrown out of work unemployment results.

If you see ten troubles coming down the road you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.