Calvin Coolidge (1872 – 1933)
Twenty-ninth (1921–1923) Vice President and the thirtieth (1923–1929) President of the United States.
It was here that I first saw the light of day; here I received my bride, here my dead lie pillowed on the loving breast of our eternal hills.
(Speaking of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen) "...combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China."
Isn't it past your bedtime, Calvin?
The chief business of the American people is business.
I do not choose to run for President in 1928.
Workmen’s compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis on the observance of the law than they do on its enforcement. It is a maxim of our institutions, that the government does not make the people, but the people make the government.
It is not industry, but idleness, that is degrading.
About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776 — that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance of the people of that day and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But, that reasoning cannot be applied to the great charter.
I believe in the American Constitution. I favor the American system of individual enterprise, and I am opposed to any general extension of government ownership, and control. I believe not only in advocating economy in public expenditure, but in its practical application and actual accomplishment. I believe in a reduction and reform of taxation, and shall continue my efforts in that direction.
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.