If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.
The Business of Our Firm is Business”-Donald W. Hudspeth from:”The Business of America is Business”-Calvin Coolidge
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny.
You don’t have to explain something you haven’t said.
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
After order and liberty economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government…. Economy is always a guarantee of peace.
No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
We cannot do everything at once but we can do something at once.
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody anywhere anytime.
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
If you don’t say anything you won’t be called on to repeat it.
The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise it can be experienced – it can not be told.
I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president and I think I’ll go along with them.
We cannot do everything at once but we can do something at once.
When more and more people are thrown out of work unemployment results.
If you see ten troubles coming down the road you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.