black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Calvin Coolidge

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Himself Learning Lesson Oneself Word
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Collective Duty Personal
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.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Country Freedom Necessary People Principle Security
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Government People Rule
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Generosity Himself Leadership Life Motivational
You don’t have to explain something you never said.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Explanation Silence
After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Government Liberty Necessary Order
Silence can never be misquoted.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Silence Wrong
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Forget Nation People War
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Harm History Myself Silence
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Legal Liberty Necessary Robbery
The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Danger Direction Economic Failure
You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Bills Goodness Important Man
Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Thinking Yourself
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Accomplishment Myself Politics
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
CALVIN COOLIDGE

Goodness Government Important Liberty

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Calvin Coolidge Quotes