American people Quotes by Calvin Coolidge

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

— Calvin Coolidge

A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of…

— Calvin Coolidge

“I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.”

— Calvin Coolidge

“It has been my observation in life that, if one will only exercise the patience to wait, his wants are likely to be filled.”

— Calvin Coolidge

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn…

— Calvin Coolidge

The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity.…

— Calvin Coolidge

“The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten.”

— Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

— Calvin Coolidge

Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what to do.…

— Calvin Coolidge

The government can supply no substitute for enterprise.

— Calvin Coolidge

“While we should not refuse to spend and be spent in the service of our country, it is hazardous to attempt what we feel…

— Calvin Coolidge

One of the greatest dangers to peace lies in the economic pressure to which people find themselves subjected. One of the most practical things…

— Calvin Coolidge

War is the rule of force, and peace is the reign of law.

— Calvin Coolidge

Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the…

— Calvin Coolidge

We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of…

— Calvin Coolidge