The business of America is business
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Coolidge's words are often mentioned as typical of the overconfidence in the American economy that preceded the Great Depression.
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After all, in their way of thinking, the business of America is business.”
From Los Angeles Times
President Calvin Coolidge famously remarked that "the business of America is business," while Joel Millman, a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, once wrote, "America is not a nation … America is a market."
From Salon
In the words of President Calvin Coolidge, "The business of America is business."
From Salon
As President Calvin Coolidge so famously put it, “the business of America is business.”
From Salon
Calvin Coolidge famously noted that “the business of America is business,” because Americans are “profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.”
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