In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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

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

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

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

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

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

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

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

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion

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

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

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

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

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create...

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create...

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of...

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of...

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there...

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.