To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world." ~ Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), American president. Presidential message (December 25, 1927).

Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.

Nobody will ever forget what I've accomplished.

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't have any more.

What the end of the carnage of World War II meant to those who remember it, can never be forgotten, but to all those who don't, its meaning can never be fully understood!