One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
CALVIN COOLIDGEOne of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
CALVIN COOLIDGENever go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
CALVIN COOLIDGESilence can never be misquoted.
CALVIN COOLIDGEAnytime you don’t want anything you get it.
CALVIN COOLIDGEIt is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGEAfter order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThey criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
CALVIN COOLIDGEDoubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
CALVIN COOLIDGEYou can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThis country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
CALVIN COOLIDGENo person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
CALVIN COOLIDGEUnless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThere 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 COOLIDGEThe final solution for unemployment is work.
CALVIN COOLIDGEMoney will not purchase character or good government.
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