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.
Apr 21, 1925
The nation holds a position unsurpassed in all former human experience.
Apr 21, 1925
It is determined to advance in an orderly, sound and common-sense way.
Apr 21, 1925
In my opinion the Government can do more to remedy the economic ills of the people by rigid economy in public expenditure than through any other action.
Apr 21, 1925
I want the people of all the earth to see in the American flag the symbol of a Government which intends no oppression at home and no aggression abroad, and which in the spirit of common brotherhood provides assistance in time of distress.
Apr 21, 1925
We have the high cost of government to diminish, and we are diminishing it.
Apr 17, 1925
It is particularly true that Government business should be placed on a basis of rigid economy.
Apr 17, 1925
It is a good thing that great communities should thus occasionally be drawn together, to consider themselves and their accomplishments, to realize and appraise themselves, to make their members better acquainted, to remind each half of how…
Apr 17, 1925
It is not intolerance so much as ignorance that leads men and nations into antagonisms.
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