Calvin Coolidge Quotes

American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.

The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.

There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.

In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.

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.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

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.

You don’t have to explain something you never said.