Amity Shlaes Quotes
Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.
People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim.
The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.
Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.
The 1920s are the decade that signaled the arrival of a gift that still means a lot to us: Saturday.
The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.
Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the power business. He didn't want the federal government in it.
Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget.
The lucky biographers find themselves drawn into a sort of friendship with their subject.
Coolidge's stat was so low; he's ranked in the bottom half of presidents. What I found when I encountered this man was the leader I might like to see today.
Coolidge thought budgets were virtuous. He had his econ straight. He didn't just cut taxes, he also cut the budget.
In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets.
Laws must be justified by something more than the will of the majority. They must rest on the eternal foundation of righteousness.
Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job.
Our conscience, our faith, our local community, even our online hobby clubs - all civilize us.
Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux Klan faded, and Americans got Model A's and automobiles.
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.
Coolidge believed that government officials who tell themselves that spending benefits the economy delude themselves and the citizens. Government budgets promote human freedom.
Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with. The lucky biographers find themselves drawn into a sort of friendship with their subject.
