We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
CALVIN COOLIDGEI have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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There 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.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.
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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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Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control.
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We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
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Life is one darn thing after another.
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When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
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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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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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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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Silence can never be misquoted.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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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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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 have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn’t have any more.
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We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic either of an undeveloped people, or of a decadent civilization. America is neither.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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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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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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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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