Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Calvin Coolidge Quotes Click here for Calvin Coolidge books The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century "The chief business of the American people is business." "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." "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." "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." "The conduct of public affairs is not a game. Responsible office does not go to the crafty. Governments are not founded upon an association for public plunder but on the cooperation of men wherein each is seeking to do his duty." "Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow." "Good government cannot be bought, it has to be given. Office has great opportunities for doing wrong, but equal chance for doing right." "There is but a fixed quantity of wealth in this country at any fixed time. The only way that we can all secure more of it is to create more." "The fallacy of the claim that the costs of government are borne by the rich cannot be too often exposed." "The method of raising revenue ought not to impede the transition of business; it ought to encourage it." "Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery." "Vermont is a state I love. I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney, Killington, Mansfield, and Equinox, without being moved in a way that no other scene could move me. It was here that I first saw the light of day; here I received my bride, here my dead lie pillowed on the loving breast of our eternal hills." "We live in an age of science and abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create the Declaration. Our Declaration created them. The things of the spirit come first. Unless we cling to that, all of our material prosperity, overwhelming though it may appear, will turn to a barren scepter in our grasp." "We have enough laws already, I don't need to sign any more." "The Nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." "Duty is not collective; it is personal." "There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes succeed." "I don't recall any candidate for President that ever injured himself very much by not talking." |
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