Authors - Calvin Coolidge
Brief Biography
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923 - 1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His conduct during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1183by Anonymous on 11/01/2011
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
Quote 1562by Anonymous on 14/01/2011
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Quote 1734by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Quote 1741by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Quote 1808by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
Quote 2884by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
Quote 2893by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
Quote 3163by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
Quote 3175by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
Quote 3309by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
Quote 3323by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
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.
Quote 3460by Anonymous on 06/02/2011
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
Quote 3504by Anonymous on 06/02/2011
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
Quote 3571by Anonymous on 07/02/2011
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
Quote 3596by Anonymous on 07/02/2011
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Quote 3724by Anonymous on 09/02/2011
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
Quote 4054by Anonymous on 13/02/2011
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Quote 4132by Anonymous on 15/02/2011
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
Quote 4144by Anonymous on 15/02/2011
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
Quote 4570by Anonymous on 23/02/2011
I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I'll go along with them.
Quote 4663by Anonymous on 25/02/2011
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.
Quote 4829by Anonymous on 01/03/2011
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
Quote 7129by Anonymous on 23/10/2011
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
Quote 7412by Anonymous on 11/11/2011
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
Quote 8250by Anonymous on 30/04/2012
Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.
Quote 8382by Anonymous on 08/05/2012
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
Quote 9443by Anonymous on 31/07/2012
The chief business of the American people is business.
Quote 9644by Anonymous on 12/08/2012
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
Quote 10846by Anonymous on 04/11/2012
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
