Silent Cal

Here's a fun article about and a bunch of great quotes by one of the 20th century's best president, Calvin Coolidge.

He was a very good president but, sadly, not a great one. Despite his amazing work in undoing the damage of the Wilson Administration, Hoover and FDR followed him; so alas his influence was not at all lasting. He was an inspiration to Reagan, at least.

It's amazing how common sensical all of the quotes in this piece are. I wonder how the public would react if a man were to ever speak like this at, say, the Republican Nation Convention nowadays. I hope the American people still has enough of a spark left within them to gravitate to such simple wisdom, if only the majority ever get a chance to hear it...