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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Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish...

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...

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

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

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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

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

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...

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...

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

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....

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...

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...

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...

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

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 you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine...

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine...

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

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

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

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

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.