We may as well abandon hope and, yielding to the demands of selfishness, each take what he can.
Calvin Coolidge: “We may as well abandon hope and, yielding to the demands of selfishness, each take what he can.”
Editor's note · Context
Coolidge expresses a bleak outlook if selfishness prevails over collective hope.
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