406 Quotes by Calvin Coolidge

"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones."

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

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."

"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. Presidential message, December 25, 1927"

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

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

"If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it."

"They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves."

"This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies."

"The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes."