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

Topics: Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

I suppose I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power doesn't...

I suppose I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power doesn't...

They criticize me for harping on the obvious - If all the folks in the...

They criticize me for harping on the obvious - If all the folks in the...

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....

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...

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

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

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

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....

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...

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

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...

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

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

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and...

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at...

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...