Calvin Coolidge Quotes, Thoughts and images

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.

Silence can never be misquoted.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.

One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

Money will not purchase character or good government.

You don't have to explain something you never said.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

Doubters do not achieve; sceptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

The economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

One of the greatest perils to an extensive republic is the disregard of individual rights.