Quotes from Calvin Coolidge

History reveals no civilized people among whom there was not a highly educated class and large aggregations of wealth. Large profits mean large payrolls.

If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible

Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.

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

The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.

School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.

Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.

It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.

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.

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

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

Life is one darn thing after another.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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.

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

Advertising is the life of trade.

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

You know, I have found in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.