Fame Is Worth Less Than Service.

Anything Can Be Done If You Find Friends To Do It With.

Right Now We're Concerned About Budget. Right Now We're Concerned About The Prospect Of Interest Rate Rise. We're Concerned About Government Corruption, Government Handing Out Deals To Specific Groups. Coolidge Fixed A Problem Like That. He Came Into A Rough Time And He, And Harding Before Him, Fixed That By Budgeting.

Coolidge Was A Pragmatist. He Didn't Start Out With A Tax Theory. But He Observed Over Time That Lower Tax Rates Sometimes Brought In Extra Revenue. The Success Of His And Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's Experiment With Rate Cuts Has Been Obscured By Our Modern History Books.

With Demands For Special Education Or Standardized Test Prep Being Shouted In Their Ears, Public Schools Can't Always Hear A Parent When He Says: 'i Want My Child To Be Able To Write Contracts In Spanish,' Or, 'i Want My Child To Shake Hands Firmly,' Or, 'i Want My Child To Study Statistics And Accounting, Not Calculus.

Coolidge Was A Federalist. You Go Back And Read Him And It's Almost Intimidating To Write About Him Because He Writes Better Himself Than Anyone. He's One Of The Best Writers As Presidents Go.