We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It is only when people can feel that their lives and the property which their industry has produced today will continue to… — 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… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to reconcile the American ideal of a sovereign people capable of owning and managing their own government with… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government... The whole system of American Government… — 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… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The budget idea, I may admit, is a sort of obsession with me. I believe in budgets. I want other people to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
There are racial considerations too grave to be brushed aside for any sentimental reasons. Biological laws tell us that certain divergent people… — 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
Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
There has been abroad many times some criticism of our Government, of our people, and our ways, but that has demonstrated, I… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Do the day's work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them… — 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… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I should be very sorry to see the United States holding anyone in confinement on account of any opinion that that person… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
While legislation can stimulate and encourage, the real creative ability which builds up and develops the country, and in general makes human… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The American Revolution represented the informed and mature convictions of a great mass of independent, liberty-loving, God-fearing people who knew their rights,… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
July 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It is not in violence and crime that our greatest danger lies. These evils are so perfectly apparent that they very quickly… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay the taxes, in the end they come out… — 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
