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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The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to...

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned...

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics....

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics....

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....

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

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...

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

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

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care...

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care...

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

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

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

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

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

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...

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort...

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort...

If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to...

If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to...