Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge Jr.was the 30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected as the 29th vice president in 1920 and succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth4 July 1872
CountryUnited States of America
Calvin Coolidge quotes about
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.
Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
A lost article invariably shows up after you replace it.
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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.
There have been great men with little of what we call education. There have been many small men with a great deal of learning. There has never been a great people who did not possess great learning.
I did not see the sense in chasing a little white ball around a field.
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.