Civilization depends not only upon the knowledge of the people, but upon the use they make of it.
Calvin Coolidge: “Civilization depends not only upon the knowledge of the people, but upon the use they make of it.”
Editor's note · Context
Coolidge asserts that civilization relies on both knowledge and its application by the populace.
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