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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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

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...

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

The business of America is business.

The business of America is business.

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

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

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

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on...

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on...

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism