Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
John Calvin Coolidge Jr.was the 30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His response to the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputation as a man of decisive action. Soon after, he was elected as the 29th vice president in 1920 and succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth4 July 1872
CountryUnited States of America
The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced.
Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.
I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people. They are a race of pioneers who have almost beggared themselves to serve others. If the spirit of liberty should vanish in other parts of the Union, and support of our institutions should languish, it could all be replenished from the generous store held by the people of this brave little state of Vermont.
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.
You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.
Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.
I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.