Political Quotes

Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his quiet demeanor and strong support for business and limited government. Coolidge's presidency is often associated with the economic prosperity of the Roaring Twenties, and he famously advocated for a hands-off approach to the economy, believing that government should interfere as little as possible in the lives of citizens and businesses.

Quotes by year · 192319291,323 total · peak 1927 (300)
1923: 47 quotes1924: 194 quotes1925: 187 quotes1926: 244 quotes1927: 300 quotes1928: 272 quotes1929: 79 quotes
Sep 20, 1926

The nation's constantly increasing fire waste is cause for general concern and consideration.

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Sep 20, 1926

This may well be the starting point for a continuous fire prevention program extending over the entire country.

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Sep 20, 1926

Unquestionably this is a most important means of attacking fire waste.

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Sep 20, 1926

The conservation of man power and material wealth from such destruction is a challenge to the progress of our civilization.

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Sep 14, 1926

I have found that there exists in Nicaragua such conditions of domestic violence which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States.

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Sep 14, 1926

All violations of such provisions will be rigorously prosecuted.

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Sep 13, 1926

I think you have done rather better than I could have done, if I had undertaken to sit down twice a week and dictated a statement to be given out.

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Sep 13, 1926

I am sure that the outdoor life has refreshed me, invigorated me, and been very beneficial.

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Sep 13, 1926

Now, I don't regard, as you men know, that it is at all necessary for the President to give out a verbatim statement of everything that may be discussed here, but rather to leave it to the different reporters, because they are reporters…

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Sep 7, 1926

Our citizens down there have been murdered in the past since 1913, a good many of them.

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