We are a peaceful people and committed to the settling of disputes by amicable adjustment rather than by force.
Calvin Coolidge: “We are a peaceful people and committed to the settling of disputes by amicable adjustment rather than by force.”
Editor's note · Context
Coolidge expresses the American preference for resolving disputes through peaceful means rather than force.
Share
More from Calvin Coolidge
I Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 4846-A, dated March 30, 1928, to include the assignment of the frequencies of 6120 kilocycles…
Mrs. Jeannette J. Donahue, widow of Mr. Peter A. Donahue who died April 13, 1928, after many years of service in the Immigration Service, may be reinstated to an appropriate position in the Department of Labor without regard to the time…
Miss Virginia Ladd may be appointed to an appropriate clerical position in the classified service without regard to the provisions of the civil service rules.
No employee entitled to military preference in appointment shall be discharged or dropped or reduced in rank or salary if his record is good.





