Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 799 |
| AUTHOR: | Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) |
| QUOTATION: | Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Attributed to |
| SUBJECTS: | Government spending |