Calvin Coolidge Comments- "We need a broader, firmer, deeper faith in the people..."

 

"We need a broader, firmer, deeper faith in the people; A faith that men desire to do right, that the Commonwealth is founded upon a righteousness which will endure, a reconstructed faith that the final approval of the people is given not to demagogues, slavishly pandering to their selfishness, merchandising with the clamor of the hour, but to statesmen, ministering to their welfare, representing their deep, silent, abiding convictions. 

Statutes must appeal to more than material welfare. Wages won't satisfy, be they never so large. Nor houses; nor lands; nor coupons, though they fall thick as the leaves of autumn. Man has a spiritual nature. Touch it, and it must respond as the magnet responds to the pole. To that, not to selfishness, let the laws of the Commonwealth appeal. Recognize the immortal worth and dignity of man. Let the laws of Massachusetts proclaim to her humblest citizen, performing the most menial task, the recognition of his manhood, the recognition that all men are peers, the humblest with the most exalted, the recognition that all work is glorified."

Senate President Calvin Coolidge- from his speech "Have Faith in Massachusetts" Jan. 7, 1914

Calvin Coolidge Comments on the Path to Life Enrichment

"There are two things necessary for the enrichment of life, mentally, physically, socially and spiritually. They are very simple and are known to all men. One is hard work and the other is a determination to do right," - Calvin Coolidge


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Calvin Coolidge Comments on the Need for Self Reliance

"The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil. It can provide no substitute for the rewards of service. It can, of course, care for the defective and recognize distinguished merit. The normal must care for themselves. Self government means self support.- Massachusetts Senate President Calvin Coolidge

QUINTESSENTIAL COOLIDGE

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 "The foundation of our independence and our government rests upon our basic religious convictions."

 

"There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of law for the virtue of man. Of course we endeavor to restrain the vicious, and furnish a fair degree of security and protection by legislation and police control, but the real reform which society in these days is seeking will come as a result of our religious convictions, or they will not come at all. Peace, justice, humanity, charity—these cannot be legislated into being. They are the result of divine grace." -- Calvin Coolidge