We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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

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

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

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...

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of...

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of...

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

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

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

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...

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

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...

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house

Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...

You can't operate a company by fear, because the way to eliminate fear is to...