Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Why, I make more money than-than-than Calvin Coolidge, put together!

— Jean Hagen

Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.

— Clarence Darrow

Calvin Coolidge was one of the best presidents. Why? Because he did absolutely nothing.

— Milo Yiannopoulos

In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets.

— Amity Shlaes

The first time I ever came to Washington was to visit Calvin Coolidge in the White House with my father.

— David Dellinger

He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone.

— Will Rogers

On being told of the death of former President Calvin Coolidge: How could they tell?

— Dorothy Parker

How could they tell? (on being told that Calvin Coolidge was dead)

— Dorothy Parker

The most remarkable thing about Calvin Coolidge is that he served for 67 months, and when he left office, the budget was…

— Amity Shlaes

“It reminded me of what President Calvin Coolidge had said: brains, talent, and education would not make you successful. “Persistence and determination…

— Darius Brasher

[Remark about Calvin Coolidge she says was erroneously attributed to her:] I do wish he did not look as if he had…

— Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“The Business of Our Firm is Business" -Donald W. Hudspeth from: "The Business of America is Business" -Calvin Coolidge”

— Calvin Coolidge

Some of the offers that have come to me would never have come if I had not been President. That means these…

— Calvin Coolidge

“In May 1925, President Calvin Coolidge signed the National Origins Act into law. The new law effectively closed the United States to…

— Phyllis Goldstein

To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good…

— Calvin Coolidge

News is like the tilefish which appears in great schools off the Atlantic Coast some years and then vanishes, no one knows…

— A. J. Liebling

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.…

— Michal Stawicki

The good people of Dakota offered to give Calvin Coolidge a farm if he would live on it. I wouldn't advise you…

— Will Rogers

Uncertainty hurts business. It annoys individuals. Why keep the whole country, including business and individuals, in uncertainty over the extent of the…

— B. C. Forbes

“She hasn't been back since, and we have a young per diem substitute who had taught shoes in a vocational high school…

— Bel Kaufman

“Extraordinary—that Willowdale Academy and Calvin Coolidge High School should both be institutions of learning! The contrast is stunning. I had a leisurely…

— Bel Kaufman

“On July 1, President Calvin Coolidge signed the measure into law. With the act’s ratification, the country was set on a course…

— Adrienne Berard

“After Harding's death, the taciturn vice president, Calvin Coolidge, moved into the White House. In contrast to his predecessor's political cronyism and…

— James A. Henretta

“The business of America is business," said Calvin Coolidge. Now the business of America is regulation. It is necessary for once free…

— Mark Steyn

“The other pioneer of political public relations was Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, who sharpened his skills writing prowar propaganda…

— Anonymous

“On the labour front in 1919 there was an unprecedented number of strikes involving many millions of workers. One of the lager…

— E.L. Doctorow

“The business of America is business,’ said Calvin Coolidge”

— Hugh Brogan