Presidential Quotes: Calvin Coolidge

 Calvin Coolidge, 30th US President

“Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.”

“Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”

“You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.”

“You can't know too much, but you can say too much.”

“Silence can never be misquoted.”

“I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.”

“Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government.”

“Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.”

“The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.”

“Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.”

“If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible”

“What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.”

“To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.”