The business of America is business

1. A statement made by President Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s.

Coolidge's words are often mentioned as typical of the overconfidence in the American economy that preceded the Great Depression.

Example Sentences

After all, in their way of thinking, the business of America is business.”

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If ever a president was disinclined to use federal government powers to help the economically suffering, it was Calvin "The business of America is business!"

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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."

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In the words of President Calvin Coolidge, "The business of America is business."

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As President Calvin Coolidge so famously put it, “the business of America is business.”

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