Quote #42
There is no moral standard so high that the people cannot be raised up to it.
More from Calvin Coolidge
- 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)
- 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.
- Send the bill to the King of England. (said to a contractor replacing fire-damaged beams in the White House)
- 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…
- It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
- Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
- There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
- The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primi…