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It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than it is under an absolute government that they should be ignorant. Under a

It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than it is under an absolute government that they should be ignorant. Under a republic the institutions of learning, while bound by the constitution and laws, are in no way subservient to the government.

Calvin Coolidge
Education, Government, Law

To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world." ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927).

Calvin Coolidge
Christmas, Stars, Xmas

The chief business of the American people is business.

Calvin Coolidge
Business, People, Chiefs
Address before the American Society of Newspaper Editors,Washington, D.C., 17 Jan. 1925.

Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.

Calvin Coolidge
Spiritual, Business, Responsibility

Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.

Calvin Coolidge
4th Of July, Heart, America
Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1925

The things I never say never get me into trouble.

Calvin Coolidge
Trouble, Never Say Never

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

Calvin Coolidge
Trust, Risk, Chance

Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence.

Calvin Coolidge
Wealth, Justified, Ends
"The Resonant Words, and Wisdom, of 'Silent Cal'" by Carl M. Cannon, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 07, 2015.

Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity.

Calvin Coolidge
Humanity, Prosperity, Divorced

Under our institutions each individual is born to sovereignty. Whatever he may adopt as a means of livelihood, his real business is serving his country. He cannot hold himself above his fellow men. The greatest place of command is really the place of obedience, and the greatest place of honor is really the place of service.

Calvin Coolidge
Country, Real, Mean

The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the Republican Party. Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution.

Calvin Coolidge
Taken, Party, Responsibility
Letter to Charles F. Gardner, August 9, 1924.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

Calvin Coolidge
Mean, Civilization, Curse
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .

Calvin Coolidge
Government, Practice, Division

I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.

Calvin Coolidge
People, Economy, Conception

The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill. If we are to have a billion dollars of navy, half a billion of farm relief, etc... the people will have to furnish more revenue by paying more taxes. It is for them, through their Congress, to decide how far they wish to go.

Calvin Coolidge
Love, People, Navy
New York Herald Tribune, p. 1, August 5, 1930.

If the people lose control of the arteries of trade and the natural sources of mechanical power, the nationalization of all industry should soon be expected. Our forefathers were alert to resist all encroachments upon their rights. If we wish to maintain our rights, we can do no less.

Calvin Coolidge
Rights, People, Wish

If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice.

Calvin Coolidge
Justice, Fairness, Shows
Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1925

Public debt [is] a burden on all the people.

Calvin Coolidge
People, Presidential, Debt

To place your name by gift or bequest in the keeping of an active educational institution is to...make a permanent contribution to the welfare of humanity.

Calvin Coolidge
Educational, Names, Humanity

Coolidge expressed his "sympathy with the deep and intense longing which finds such fine expression in the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine."

Calvin Coolidge
Israel, Expression, Presidential

There is far more danger of harm than there is hope of good in any radical changes.

Calvin Coolidge
Radical Change, Danger, Harm

We have too much legislating by clamor, by tumult, by pressure. Representative government ceases when outside influence of any kind is substituted for the judgment of the representative.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, Too Much, Pressure
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.406, The Minerva Group, Inc.

The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.

Calvin Coolidge
War, Long
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Quotable Calvin Coolidge: Sensible Words for a New Century”, Images from the Past Incorporated

There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive, they tend to disappear.

Calvin Coolidge
Escaping, Income, Taxation

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

Calvin Coolidge
Development, Demand, Advertising