The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Calvin Coolidge

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
Calvin Coolidge

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
Calvin Coolidge

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
Calvin Coolidge

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.
Calvin Coolidge

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
Calvin Coolidge

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

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
Calvin Coolidge

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
Calvin Coolidge

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
Calvin Coolidge

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.
Calvin Coolidge

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
Calvin Coolidge

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.
Calvin Coolidge

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.
Calvin Coolidge

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

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
Calvin Coolidge

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.
Calvin Coolidge

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
Calvin Coolidge