Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government.
CALVIN COOLIDGEDon’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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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.
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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
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We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.
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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.
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Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
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There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
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You can’t know too much, but you can say too much.
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Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.
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The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.
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Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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