Calvin Coolidge
24 quotations
The business of America is business and the chief ideal of the American people is idealism.
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
You can't know too much, but you can say too much.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
No one every listened themselves out of a job.
Civilization and profits go hand in hand.
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
The business of the country is business.
No man ever listened himself out of a job.
I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
After all, the chief business of the American people is business.
One with the law is a majority.