Calvin Coolidge Quotes
- Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow. - View Quote Details on Economy is the method by which we prepare today to…
- I favor the policy of economy not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the government. Every dollar we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we prudently save means that their life will be so much the more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical form. - View Quote Details on I favor the policy of economy not because I wish…
- There are among us a great mass of people who have been reared for generations under a government of tyranny and oppression. It is ingrained in their blood that there is no other form of government. They are disposed and inclined to think our institutions partake of the same nature as these they have left behind. We know they are wrong. They must be shown they are wrong. - View Quote Details on There are among us a great mass of people who…
- I can find no Constitutional authorization for this bill. - View Quote Details on I can find no Constitutional authorization for this bill.
- They picked the Vice President for Harding, and they chose a durned fine man. (on whether he’d try to influence the nomination of vice presidential candidates) - View Quote Details on They picked the Vice President for Harding, and they chose…
- There is an obligation to forgive but it does not extend to the unrepentant. To give them aid and comfort is to support their evil doing and to become what is known in law as an accessory after the fact. A government which does that is a reproach to civilization and will soon have on its hands the blood of its citizens. - View Quote Details on There is an obligation to forgive but it does not…
- 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. - View Quote Details on There is but a fixed quantity of wealth in this…
- I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who toil are the ones who bear the cost of the Government. Every dollar that we carelessly waste means that their life will be so much the more meager. Every dollar that we prudently save means that their life will be so much the more abundant. Economy is idealism in its most practical form. - View Quote Details on I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish…
- “It is rather difficult for me to pick out one thing…The country has been at peace during that time. It hasn’t had any marked commercial or financial depression…it has been a time of a fair degree of prosperity…there has been employment for everyone who wished employment…a time of marked peace in industry as between employer and employees…a large reduction in the national debt, considerable reduction in taxes.” ~ on his legacy - View Quote Details on “It is rather difficult for me to pick out one…
- There is no moral standard so high that the people cannot be raised up to it. - View Quote Details on There is no moral standard so high that the people…
- Good government cannot be bought, it has to be given. Office has great opportunities for doing wrong, but equal chance for doing right. - View Quote Details on Good government cannot be bought, it has to be given…
- It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. - View Quote Details on It is much more important to kill bad bills than…
- Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. - View Quote Details on Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
- Send the bill to the King of England. (said to a contractor replacing fire-damaged beams in the White House) - View Quote Details on Send the bill to the King of England. (said to…
- The normal must care for themselves. - View Quote Details on The normal must care for themselves.
- There’s no chance for job advancement. - View Quote Details on There’s no chance for job advancement.
- Duty is not collective; it is personal. - View Quote Details on Duty is not collective; it is personal.
- There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. - View Quote Details on There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one…
- If there has been any crime, it must be prosecuted. If there has been any property of the United States illegally transferred or leased, it must be recovered…. I propose to employ special counsel of high rank drawn from both political parties to bring such actions for the enforcement of the law. Counsel will be instructed to prosecute these cases in the courts so that if there is any guilt it will be punished; if there is any civil liability it will be enforced; if there is any fraud it will be revealed; and if there are any contracts which are illegal they will be canceled. Every law will be enforced. And every right of the people and the Government will be protected. - View Quote Details on If there has been any crime, it must be prosecuted…
- 45,000. I haven’t caught all of them yet, but I’ve intimidated them. (when asked how many fish were in the river he fished) - View Quote Details on 45,000. I haven’t caught all of them yet, but I’ve…
- The measure of success is not merchandise but character. - View Quote Details on The measure of success is not merchandise but character.
- They criticize me for harping on the obvious. Perhaps someday I’ll write On the Importance of 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. - View Quote Details on They criticize me for harping on the obvious. Perhaps someday…
- The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive peoples. - View Quote Details on The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of…
- Government cannot relieve from toil. The normal must take care of themselves. Self-government means self-support… Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing… History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payrolls. - View Quote Details on Government cannot relieve from toil. The normal must take care…
- visiting lady at the White House: Mr. President, earlier this evening, I had made a bet that I can make you say more than two words.
Coolidge: You lose. - View Quote Details on visiting lady at the White House: Mr. President, earlier this… - I don’t recall any candidate for President that ever injured himself very much by not talking. - View Quote Details on I don’t recall any candidate for President that ever injured…
- As president, Calvin Coolidge didn’t do much of anything, but at the time, that’s what we needed to have done. - View Quote Details on As president, Calvin Coolidge didn’t do much of anything, but…
- If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called on to repeat it. - View Quote Details on If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called on…
About Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (4 July 1872 – 5 January 1933 ) was the twenty-ninth (1921-1923) Vice President and the thirtieth (1923-1929) President of the United States.
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