America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality.
Calvin CoolidgeNever go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
Calvin CoolidgeIt is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.
Calvin CoolidgeIndustry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
Calvin CoolidgeDon't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.
Calvin CoolidgeWhile legislation can stimulate and encourage, the real creative ability which builds up and develops the country, and in general makes human existence more tolerable and life more complete, has to be supplied by the genius of the people themselves. The Government can supply no substitute for enterprise.
Calvin Coolidge