What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been dedicated by long practice to that wise and beneficent policy. It is the foundation principle of our system of liberty. It makes the largest promise to the freedom and development of the individual. Its preservation is worth all the effort and all the sacrifice that it may cost.
Calvin CoolidgeNo nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
Calvin CoolidgeThe words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately.
Calvin CoolidgeAdvertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
Calvin Coolidge