Posted on 07/02/2021 4:26:18 PM PDT by ammodotcom
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.”
“Whenever the state of the Treasury can permit, I believe in a reduction of taxes. But I am not advocating tax reduction merely for the benefit of the taxpayer; I am advocating it for the benefit of the country.”
“The wise and correct course to follow in taxation and all other economic legislation is not to destroy those who have already secured success but to create conditions under which everyone will have a better chance to be successful.”
“An expanding prosperity requires that the largest possible amount...be invested in productive enterprise under the direction of the best personal ability. This will not be done if the rewards of such action are largely taken away by taxation.”
“We cannot improve the condition of the people or reform human nature by intruding the Nation into the affairs of the States or despoiling the people of their business.”
“The success of the Government does not lie in wringing all the revenue it can from the people, but in making their burden as light and fairly distributed as possible, consistent with the proper maintenance of the necessary public functions.”
“I want the people of America to be able to work less for the Government ...to have the rewards of their own industry. That is the chief meaning of freedom.”
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I watched an old video of Will Rogers. He was going to meet Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge’s chief of staff told Rogers…” if you can make him laugh, I’ll give you $100 dollars”. Coolidge was known for being crumdgenly. His chief said, “ Mr Rogers, this is President Coolidge.” Rogers doesn’t skip a beat and says, “ I am sorry, I didn’t catch the name”. Coolidge lost it.
I think that’s the funniest thing ever.
Him or speech writers?
Calvin was cool
Should have had Coolidge for a second term instead of Hoover. Things would have worked out differently. Shame about his son!
Calvin Coolidge was told by a reporter that he had bet a colleague $20 that he could make Coolidge say more than three words.
Coolidge’s reply. “You lose.”
Silent Cal is still remembered in the Black Hills of SD.
Come and stay in the Coolidge inn
BUMP! Those are good ones. Who could possibly disagree?
Maybe our greatest president.
I used to work where he was Mayor. It’s now the gayest city in MA.
Coolidge and Will Rogers met again when the Coolidge Dam in Arizona was inaugurated. The dam was empty, as it is most of the time. It serves mostly as flood control.
Will Rogers commented
“If it were my dam, I would mow it!”
Trump, Reagan, Coolidge in that order
Love it!
I don’t know...maybe commie RATS, for starters.
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