Calvin Coolidge

“מטרת הממשלה היא להיות נאמנה לדרכה. אין פירוש הדבר שלמות, אלא תוכנית שמבקשת לשאוף לשלמות, תוך נאמנות לאידאלים.”

“מה שאנו זקוקים לו איננו השפעה רבה יותר של הממשל הפדרלי, אלא שלטון מקומי טוב יותר.”

“העסק של אמריקה זה עסקים.”

“אני מעדיף את הדרך האמריקנית של יזמות אישית, ומתנגד להרחבה של בעלות ושליטה ממשלתית.”

“חוקים צריכים להיות מוצדקים מעבר לעקרון החלטת הרוב, בכך שהם מבוססים על הרעיון הנצחי של צדק.”

“Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.”

“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.”

“Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.”

“The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.”

“It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.”

“Duty is not collective; it is personal.”

“No man ever listened himself out of a job.”

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

“Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.”

“If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.”

“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.”

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

“Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.”

“The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.”

“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.”