However, public money is expended not that some one may profit by it, but in order to serve a public purpose.
Calvin Coolidge: “However, public money is expended not that some one may profit by it, but in order to serve a public purpose.”
Editor's note · Context
Coolidge emphasizes that public funds should serve the public interest, not private profit.
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