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 COOLIDGEThe Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
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They 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.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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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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There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.
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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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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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