Surprisingly 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.
CALVIN COOLIDGEThe nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
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I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
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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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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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Money will not purchase character or good government.
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What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
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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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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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The final solution for unemployment is work.
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After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.
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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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No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay taxes, in the end they come out of the people who toil.
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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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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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Duty is not collective; it is personal.
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Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
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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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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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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.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
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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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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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I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can’t be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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