In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
Calvin CoolidgeThe government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.
Calvin CoolidgeUnless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them. Independence and liberty will be gone, and the general public will find itself in a condition of servitude to an aggregation of organized and selfish interest.
Calvin CoolidgeJuly 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill, which gave notice to the world that they proposed to establish an independent nation on the theory that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Calvin Coolidge