Such is the foundation of liberty under the law.
Calvin Coolidge
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Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his quiet demeanor and strong support for business and limited government. Coolidge's presidency is often associated with the economic prosperity of the Roaring Twenties, and he famously advocated for a hands-off approach to the economy, believing that government should interfere as little as possible in the lives of citizens and businesses.
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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…
Recognize the immortal worth and dignity of man.
To that, not to selfishness, let the laws of the Commonwealth appeal.
Statutes must appeal to more than material welfare.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Don't hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table.
Don't hesitate to be as revolutionary as science.
Expect to be called a demagogue, but don't be a demagogue.
Expect to be called a stand-patter, but don't be a stand-patter.
If it be to help a powerful corporation better to serve the people, whatever the opposition, do that.
If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it.
In some unimportant detail some other States may surpass her, but in the general results, there is no place on earth where the people secure, in a larger measure, the blessings of organized government, and nowhere can those functions more…
In no land are there so many and such large aggregations of wealth as here; in no land do they perform larger service; in no land will the work of a day bring so large a reward in material and spiritual welfare.
But profits must be the result of service performed.
As the little red schoolhouse is builded in the college, it may be that the fostering and protection of large aggregations of wealth are the only foundation on which to build the prosperity of the whole people.
No one would now expect to aid the common school by abolishing higher education.
Each man is entitled to his rights and the rewards of his service be they never so large or never so small.
The one cannot be preserved if the other be violated.
Ultimately, property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
He has a right that is founded upon the constitution of the universe to have property that is his own.
Man is born into the universe with a personality that is his own.
It can provide no substitute for the rewards of service.
Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve.
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success.
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