Calvin Coolidge

“No man ever listened himself out of a job.”

“The business of America is business.”

“It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes which have...”

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

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

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

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

“It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is in...”

“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”

“Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality, and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people b...”

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

“Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.”

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

“Advertising is the life of trade.”

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

“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...”

“I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the ver...”

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Ed...”

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

“When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.”