I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
As I went about with my father, when he collected taxes, I knew that when taxes were laid someone had to work… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
We must have no carelessness in our dealings with public property or the expenditure of public money. Such a condition is characteristic… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Well, farmers never have made money. I don't believe we can do much about it. But of course we will have to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“Well, they’re going to elect that Superman Hoover, and he’s going to have some trouble. He’s going to have to spend money,… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill. If we are to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange… — 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