“There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.”
Source: The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses
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Famous Calvin Coolidge Quotes
“The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.”
Source: The Rise of Saint Calvin: Merry Sidelights on the Career of Mr. Coolidge
Source: Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings
Source: The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses
Source: Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings
“We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.”
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
Source: Law and Order
“It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.”
Source: The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses
Source: Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings
“Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.”
“I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.”
“When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.”
“Duty is not collective; it is personal.”
Source: The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century
“Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.”
Source: The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century
Source: The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century
“The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.”
Source: Calvin Coolidge says: dispatches written by former-president Coolidge and syndicated to newspapers in 1930-1931 : gathered for issuance in book form on the one-hundredth anniversary of Mr. Coolidge's birth, 4 July 1972
“Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.”
“If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.”
“Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.”
“Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.”
“The business of America is business.”
Source: TALKATIVE PRESIDENT OFF
“Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.”
Source: Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings
“Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.”
“When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.”
“When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.”
Source: Calvin Coolidge says: dispatches written by former-president Coolidge and syndicated to newspapers in 1930-1931 : gathered for issuance in book form on the one-hundredth anniversary of Mr. Coolidge's birth, 4 July 1972
“The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
Source: The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century
Source: The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century