Calvin Coolidge quotes

1872–1933 · Plymouth, VT

The collection of any taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny.
VerifiedCalvin Coolidge
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Inaugural Address, March 4, 1925
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
VerifiedCalvin Coolidge
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Telegram to Samuel Gompers, September 14, 1919
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The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara (from Have Faith in Massachusetts, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919)
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
VerifiedCalvin Coolidge
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Have Faith in Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages (second edition), 1919 · Chapter XXVIII, "Veto of Salary Increase," p. 173
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After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.
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Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Washington, D.C., January 17, 1925
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuges, it is always simple and direct.
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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, 1929 · p. 134
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What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.
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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, 1929 · p. 43
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Internet Archive (scan of the 1929 first trade edition, New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation)