A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
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
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
I cannot think of anything characteristically American that was not produced by toil. I cannot think of any American man or woman… — 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 draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from… — 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
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
In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of… — 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
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
Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk… — 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
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