Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the twenty-ninth Vice President (1921-1923) and the thirtieth President of the United States (1923-1929), succeeding to that office upon the death of Warren G. Harding.

Noted Quotes

• "Collecting more taxes than absolutely necessary is legalized robbery."
• "I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm."
• "Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country."
• "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
• "The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."
• "We do not need more intellectual power, we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more government, we need more culture. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. If the foundation be firm, the foundation will stand."
• "You lose." (His wife, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, recounted that a young woman sitting next to Coolidge at a dinner party confided to him she had bet she could get at least three words of conversation from him. Without looking at her he quietly retorted, "You lose.")
• "I do not choose to run for President in 1928."
• "The chief business of the American people is business."*
• "There is no right to strike against the public safety of anybody, anywhere, any time."*