They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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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...

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.

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

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

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

They hired the money, didn't they?

They hired the money, didn't they?

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....

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...

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...

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....

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

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

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

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...

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

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

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

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....

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...

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

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...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.