Calvin Coolidge Quotes

There are only two main theories of government in the world. One rests on righteousness, the other rests on force. One appeals to reason, the other appeals to the sword.

• government

The ability for self-government is arrived at only through an extensive training and education.

• education
• government
• democracy

The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of law for the virtue of man. Of course we can help to restrain the vicious and furnish a fair degree of security and protection by legislation and police control, but the real reforms which society in these days is seeking will come as a result of our religious convictions, or they will not come at all.

• religion
• government

I regard a good budget as among the noblest monuments of virtue.

• economy
• thrift
• budget

The best service we can do for the needy and the unfortunate is to help them in such manner that their self-respect, their ability to help themselves, shall not be injured but augmented.

• charity
• service

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

• charity
• self reliance

The right action of all of us is made up of the right action of each one of us. Unless each of us is determined to meet the duty that comes to us, we can have no right to expect that others will meet the duties that come to them.

• duty
• responsibility

The purpose of a campaign is to send an intelligent and informed voter to the ballot box.

• politics

Wealth is the product of industry, ambition, character and untiring effort.

• wealth