Calvin Coolidge Quotes

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

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.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

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

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government… The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.

The slogan ‘press on’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.