What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
CALVIN COOLIDGESurprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
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One of the greatest favors that can be bestowed upon the American people is economy in government.
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Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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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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Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.
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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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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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The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.
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This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
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If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
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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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The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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We want wealth, but there are many other things we want very much more. Among them are peace, honor, charity, and idealism.
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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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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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