Calvin Coolidge Quotes About Progress and Patriotism
August 10, 2022 7:43 AM EST
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States and served in office from 1923 to 1929.
These Calvin Coolidge quotes are collected from a man who was popular for his determination to preserve an old moral mindset in a world that was quickly becoming more material and promiscuous.
Coolidge served as vice president to President Harding and became president when Harding unexpectedly died of a heart attack.
Coolidge received the news of Harding’s death in the middle of the night while he was visiting family in Vermont.
He was sworn into the presidency by his father and the family Bible at 2:30 in the morning, after which, he promptly went back to sleep.
President Coolidge was a quiet and solemn man who often sat silently through interviews, only offering “yes” and “no” responses when absolutely necessary.
He received both praise and criticism for his passive manner of leadership.
However, when the Great Depression began shortly after his term concluded, many critics blamed Coolidge’s passive leadership as part of the cause.
Below is a list of Calvin Coolidge quotes about progress, business, patriotism, and more.
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Calvin Coolidge quotes about progress
1. “We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.” — Calvin Coolidge
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2. “Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.” — Calvin Coolidge
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3. “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
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4. “Duty is not collective; it is personal.” — Calvin Coolidge
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5. “Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear if we would only sit down and keep still.” — Calvin Coolidge
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6. “The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.” — Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge quotes about business
7. “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.” — Calvin Coolidge
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8. “Advertising is the life of trade.” — Calvin Coolidge
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9. “The business of America is business and the chief ideal of the American people is idealism.” — Calvin Coolidge
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10. “Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.” — Calvin Coolidge
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11. “Civilization and profit go hand in hand.” — Calvin Coolidge
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12. “Industry cannot flourish if labor languish.” — Calvin Coolidge
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13. “When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.” — Calvin Coolidge
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14. “The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.” — Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge quotes about government, politics, and the economy
15. “It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.” — Calvin Coolidge
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16. “I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people.” — Calvin Coolidge
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17. “Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” — Calvin Coolidge
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18. “I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” — Calvin Coolidge
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19. “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
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20. “In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.” — Calvin Coolidge
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21. “We cannot improve the condition of the people or reform human nature by intruding the nation into the affairs of the states or despoiling the people of their business.” — Calvin Coolidge
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22. “Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.” — Calvin Coolidge
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23. “Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity.” — Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge quotes about patriotism
24. “Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” — Calvin Coolidge
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25. “The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.” — Calvin Coolidge07
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Do you think it is better to stay quiet or to speak up?
While Calvin Coolidge was popular during his time in office, many critics believe that his passive leadership and determination to do nothing while in office helped to cause both the Great Depression as well as did little to prevent the rise of Nazis in Germany.
However, despite these harsh accusations, others still believed him to be a successful leader during his term.
President Ronald Reagan later placed Coolidge’s portrait in the oval office and said that Coolidge was one of the most underrated presidents, claiming that “He got things done in a quiet way.”
Did you enjoy these Calvin Coolidge quotes and sayings?
Which quote was your favorite?
Let us know in the comments below.
Dennis Walsh
February 10, 2021 at 2:47 AM
Here are a few of my favorites:
17. “Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” — Calvin Coolidge
47. “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.” — Calvin Coolidge
49. “If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only by their conduct, we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.” — Calvin Coolidge
50. “No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.” — Calvin Coolidge