Quote #41

45,000. I haven't caught all of them yet, but I've intimidated them. (when asked how many fish were in the river he fished)

More from Calvin Coolidge

  1. Send the bill to the King of England. (said to a contractor replacing fire-damaged beams in the White House)
  2. There is no moral standard so high that the people cannot be raised up to it.
  3. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
  4. There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes succeed.
  5. There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
  6. The people who start to elect a man to get what he can for his district will probably find they have elected a man who will get what he can…
  7. I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. The men and women of this country who t…
  8. Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

All Calvin Coolidge quotes