Calvin Coolidge on legislation

It's better to kill a bad law than to pass a good one.

~ Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge on redistribution schemes

Don't expect to help the weak by pulling down the strong.

~ Calvin Coolidge

Harold Evans: JP Morgan's influence on Calvin Coolidge

The great banking house of JP Morgan had the president [Calvin Coolidge] on a "preferred list" by which the bank's influential friends were given a chance to buy stock at half price. Shall we say, they made out like bandits?

~ Harold Evans, "Banker + gangster = bankster," BBC, January 30, 2009

Calvin Coolidge on living within your means

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means.

~ Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
1938