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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.

There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.

Calvin Coolidge
Justification, Concern, Interference
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.197, The Minerva Group, Inc.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Calvin Coolidge
Perseverance, Determination, Persistence
Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

Calvin Coolidge
Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance
Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president, and I think I'll go along with them.

Calvin Coolidge
Thinking, Government, America

Whether one traces his Americanism back three centuries to the Mayflower, or three years to the steerage, is not half so important as whether his Americanism of today is real and genuine. No matter by what various crafts we came here, we are all now in the same boat.

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

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

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Civilization, Looks, Levels
"Sid Meier's Civilization V". Video game, 2010.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

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Work, People, President

The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.

Calvin Coolidge
America, Economic, Danger

Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.

Calvin Coolidge
Equality, Men, Brotherhood Of Man
Calvin Coolidge (1929). “Mr. Coolidge's Address on Secondary Education”

After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, Order, Liberty
Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.350, The Minerva Group, Inc.

The centralization of power in Washington, which nearly all members of Congress deplore in their speech and then support by their votes, steadily increases.

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

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion

Calvin Coolidge
Men, Self, Office

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Calvin Coolidge
Rights, Politics, Conservative
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

Under our institutions the only way to perfect the Government is to perfect the individual citizen. It is necessary to reach the mind and soul of the individual. I know of no way that this can be done save through the influence of religion and education. By religion I do not mean fanaticism or bigotry; by education I do not mean the cant of the schools, but a broad and tolerant faith, loving thy neighbor as thyself, and a training and experience that enables the human mind to see into the heart of things.

Calvin Coolidge
Heart, School, Mean

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

Calvin Coolidge
Funny, Inspiration, Humor

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, People, Want
Source: www.ruthfullyyours.com

I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.

Calvin Coolidge
People, Wish, Favors
Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 4 March 1925

Self-government means self support.

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

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

Calvin Coolidge
Happiness, Running, Positive Thinking
"Coolidge: An American Enigma". Book by Robert Sobel, p. 242, 2000.

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry. This is the chief meaning of freedom. Until we can reestablish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty.

Calvin Coolidge
Government, America, People
Speech on Taxes, Liberty, and the Philosophy of Government, delivered 11 August 1924, The White House Grounds, Washington, D.C.

The doctrine of the Declaration of Independence predicated upon the glory of man and the corresponding duty to society that the rights of citizens ought to be protected with every power and resource of the state, and a government that does any less is false to the teachings of that great document - false to the name American.

Calvin Coolidge
Teaching, Men, Names
"Equal Rights". Speech by Calvin Coolidge, en.wikisource.org. 1920.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

Calvin Coolidge
Patriotic, Deities, Wealth
1928 Speech, Boston, 11 Jun.

We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation, but ask the government to prevent panics. Now the only way to hold the government entirely responsible for conditions is to give up our liberty for a dictatorship. If we continue the more reasonable practice of managing our own affairs we must bear the burdens of our own mistakes. A free people cannot shift their responsibility for them to the government. Self-government means self-reliance.

Calvin Coolidge
Giving Up, Mistake, Responsibility
Calvin Coolidge (1972). “Calvin Coolidge says: dispatches written by former-president Coolidge and syndicated to newspapers in 1930-1931 : gathered for issuance in book form on the one-hundredth anniversary of Mr. Coolidge's birth, 4 July 1972”

I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.

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

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

Calvin Coolidge
Hope, Lying, Character
Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”