Some of the offers that have come to me would never have come if I had not been President. That means these people are trying to hire not Calvin Coolidge, but a former President of the United States. I can't make that kind of use of the office.... I can't do anything that might take away from the Presidency any of its dignity, or any of the faith people have in it.

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.

American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.

The fundamental precept of liberty is toleration.

One insidious practice which sugar-coats the dose of Federal intrusion is the division of expense . . .

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

Industry cannot flourish if labor languish.