Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.

America... Cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.

Do the day's work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to help a powerful corporation better to serve the people, whatever the opposition, do that. Expect to be called a stand-patter, but don't be a stand-patter. Expect to be called a demagogue, but don't be a demagogue. Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table. Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Don't hurry to legislate. Give administration a chance to catch up with legislation.

In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.

A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.

Coolidge expressed his "sympathy with the deep and intense longing which finds such fine expression in the Jewish National Homeland in Palestine."