We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the government has…

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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...

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

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...

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

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

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...

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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

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

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

The business of America is business.

The business of America is business.

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

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

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

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...

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...