Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course the government can help to sustain ideals and can create institutions through which they can be the better observed, but their source… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.” — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten.” — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
