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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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...

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

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

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.

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...

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...

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...

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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

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