Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.
Amity ShlaesCoolidge liked the dignity of the presidency. He didn't get on the phone easily. It's possible that he banished the phone from his desk. He was known to use it from time to time. The person who was hilarious with the phone was Hoover. He was a real engineer. He made a closed circuit phone where he could call the important people and they could call him, a government hotline, but it was closed. He shut out the possibility of input from people he didn't expect to get input from.
Amity ShlaesRight now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing out deals to specific groups. Coolidge fixed a problem like that. He came into a rough time and he, and Harding before him, fixed that by budgeting.
Amity ShlaesThe difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.
Amity Shlaes