Calvin Coolidge
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9 quotes we’ve traced to Calvin Coolidge
“I do not choose to run for President in 1928”
Verified“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery”
Attributed“I guess there are enough of them in the country so they're entitled to representation”
Attributed“I have never been hurt by what I have not said”
Attributed“He was against it”
Disputed“Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge”
Disputed“The business of America is business”
Disputed“They hired the money, didn't they?”
Disputed“You lose”
DisputedNot actually Calvin Coolidge
Often misattributed to Calvin Coolidge
Famous lines widely pinned on Calvin Coolidge that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers”
actually Alfred Lord Tennyson
“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”
actually Unknown
“The only trouble with Coolidge is that he was weaned on a pickle”
actually Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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