Are we seeking merely to match infamy with infamy, merely to pillage and destroy those who threatened to pillage and destroy us?
Calvin Coolidge: “Are we seeking merely to match infamy with infamy, merely to pillage and destroy those who threatened to pillage and…”
Editor's note · Context
In this statement, Coolidge questions the morality of seeking revenge rather than justice.
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