Father Quote by Amity Shlaes

Coolidge's stat was so low; he's ranked in the bottom half of presidents. What I found when I encountered this man was the leader…

— Amity Shlaes

Roosevelt got a chance to name an amazing nine justices of the Supreme Court. He was not namby-pamby on this question. He wanted people…

— Noah Feldman

I grew up admiring Ronald Reagan and Vice President Bush, and if I were old enough, I would have voted for 41. I was…

— Dana Perino

Bush the Elder's stature as president grows with every passing year. He was the finest foreign policy president I've ever covered and a man…

— Joe Klein

I'll confess that, from an early age, I was a huge fan of President Reagan because my parents bought me an enormous stuffed monkey…

— Uzodinma Iweala

I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been…

— D. L. Hughley

George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.

— Nancy Gibbs

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

— Milo Yiannopoulos

Taft was Roosevelt's handpicked successor. I didn't know how deep the friendship was between the two men until I read their almost four hundred…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't done anything, but because he had done it better…

— Will Rogers

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

— Amity Shlaes

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

— Clarence Darrow