I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm. Calvin Coolidge More Quotes by Calvin Coolidge More Quotes From Calvin Coolidge What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations. Calvin Coolidge temptationcharactermen After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. Calvin Coolidge investingusapeople Business will be either better or worse. Calvin Coolidge business History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payrolls. Calvin Coolidge classmeanpeople The chief business of America is business. Calvin Coolidge chiefsamerica Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God. Calvin Coolidge brotherhood-of-manequalitymen If the Government gets into business on any large scale, we soon find that the beneficiaries attempt to play a large part in the control. While in theory it is to serve the public, in practice it will be very largely serving private interests. It comes to be regarded as a species of government favor and those who are the most adroit get the larger part of it. Calvin Coolidge governmentpracticeplay If a painting of a tree was only the exact representation of the original, so that it looked just like the tree, there would be no reason for making it; we might as well look at the tree itself. But the painting, if it is of the right sort, gives something that neither a photograph nor a view of the tree conveys. It emphasizes something of character, quality, individuality. We are not lost in looking at thorns and defects; we catch a vision of the grandeur and beauty of a king of the forest. Calvin Coolidge kingsviewscharacter The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced. Calvin Coolidge sunriseyieldmorning A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great men to come, who shall be able to instruct, to lead, and to inspire. A people who worship at the shrine of true greatness will themselves be truly great. Calvin Coolidge greatnessmenmemories Civilisation and profits go hand in hand. Calvin Coolidge civilisationprofithands Inflation is repudiation. Calvin Coolidge inflationeconomy Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment. Calvin Coolidge employmentcoldhours America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce. Calvin Coolidge charactermenamerica Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as comports with the dignity and security of a great people. Calvin Coolidge militarycountrypeople Not long ago I heard a Navy chaplain refer to the sage advice of the Apostle to put first things first...If we are to heed the admonition to put first things first...one of the main essentials which lies at the very beginning of civilization is that of security. Calvin Coolidge long-agocivilizationlying One of the greatest dangers to peace lies in the economic pressure to which people find themselves subjected. One of the most practical things to be done in the world is to seek arrangements under which such pressure may be removed, so that opportunity may be renewed and hope may be revived. Calvin Coolidge opportunitypeacelying Honorable Senators: My sincerest thanks I offer you. Conserve the firm foundations of our institutions. Do your work with the spirit of a soldier in the public service. Be loyal to the Commonwealth and to yourselves and be brief; above all be brief. Calvin Coolidge foundationloyalsoldier A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations. Calvin Coolidge forceshouldreason It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than it is under an absolute government that they should be ignorant. Under a republic the institutions of learning, while bound by the constitution and laws, are in no way subservient to the government. Calvin Coolidge governmentlaweducation
