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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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United...

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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...

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

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...

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

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

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...

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs...

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...

This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going...

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the...

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the...