
“Men who prefer any load of infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation, however light.”
On American Debts, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Source: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge (1929)
“Men who prefer any load of infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation, however light.”
On American Debts, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Source: My Years As Prime Minister (2007), Chapter Seven, Security Details, p. 183
Source: Eddy, J.A., "The Maunder Minimum", Science 18 June 1976: Vol. 192. no. 4245, pp. 1189 - 1202 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/citation/192/4245/1189, PDF Copy http://bill.srnr.arizona.edu/classes/182h/Climate/Solar/Maunder%20Minimum.pdf
Source: The Philosophy of the Act, 1938, p. 187. Essay 13. "Perception and the Spatiotemporal"
Appeal of June 18, Speech of June 18
Short Drive, Sweet Chariot (1966)
Context: I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away from a man his madness without also taking away his identity? Are we sure it is desirable for a man's spirit not to be at war with itself, or that it is better to be serene and ready to go to dinner than to be excited and unwilling to stop for a cup of coffee, even?
“Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.”
“The most intolerant advocate is he who is trying to convince himself.”
Source: Epigrams, p. 367