The right of the police of Boston to affiliate has always been questioned, never granted, is now prohibited.... There is no rightto strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
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 CoolidgeWhat we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
Calvin Coolidge[The political mind] is a strange mixture of vanity and timidity, of an obsequious attitude at one time and a delusion of grandeurat another time. The political mind is the product of men in public life who have been twice spoiled. They have been spoiled with praise and they have been spoiled with abuse.
Calvin Coolidge