Calvin Coolidge

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

One with the law is a majority.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

No person was ever honoured for what he received. Honour has been the reward for what he gave.

After order and liberty economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace.

It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it they pay the penalty but compared with the mistakes which have been made by every kind of autocracy they are unimportant.

I do not choose to run for President in 1928.

The business of America is business.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world. Presidential message, December 25, 1927

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.

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of our nation.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

You don't have to explain something you haven't said.

Under the attempt to perform the impossible there sets in a general disintegration. When legislation fails, those who look upon it as a sovereign remedy simply cry out for more legislation.A sound and wise statesmanship which recognizes and attempts to abide by its limitations will undoubtedly find itself displaced by that type of public official who promises much, talks much, legislates much, expends much, but accomplishes little.The deliberate, sound judgement of the country is likely to find it has been superseded by a popular whim.

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.

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.

This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.