But the Government can and should always be expressive of steadfast determination, always vigilant, to maintain conditions under which these virtues are most likely to develop and secure recognition and reward.
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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These do not come from the Government, but from the people themselves.
There is an inescapable personal responsibility for the development of character, of industry, of thrift, and of self-control.
There is no method by which we can either be relieved of the results of our own folly or be guaranteed a successful life.
Our enormous material wealth, our institutions, our whole form of society, can not be considered fully successful until their benefits reach the merit of every individual.
Our National Government is not doing as much as it legitimately can do to promote the welfare of the people.
A people who neglect their national defense are putting in jeopardy their national honor.
But we want no weakness that invites imposition.
The Army is a guarantee of the security of our citizens at home; the Navy is a guarantee of the security of our citizens abroad.
Cooperation with other maritime powers is necessary for complete protection of our coast waters from pollution.
The best method for selecting public servants is the merit system.
Such a method gives much more promise of a real remedy than outside interference.
The Congress ought to exercise all its powers of prevention and punishment against the hideous crime of lynching, of which the negroes are by no means the sole sufferers, but for which they furnish a majority of the victims.
It is both a public and a private duty to protect those rights.
Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any other citizen.
It is the duty of a citizen not only to observe the law but to let it be known that he is opposed to its violation.
Free government has no greater menace than disrespect for authority and continual violation of law.
With this action on the part of the National Government, and the cooperation which is usually rendered by municipal and State authorities, prohibition should be made effective.
The prohibition amendment to the Constitution requires the Congress. and the President to provide adequate laws to prevent its violation.
Two independent reformatories are needed; one for the segregation of women, and another for the segregation of young men serving their first sentence.
It ought to provide employment in such forms of production as can be used by the Government, though not sold to the public in competition with private business, for all prisoners who can be placed at work, and for which they should receive…
The National Government has never given adequate attention to its prison problems.
The administration of justice is likely to fail if it be long delayed.
Competent authorities agree that an entire reorganization of the rate structure for freight is necessary.
Consolidation appears to be the only feasible method for the maintenance of an adequate system of transportation with an opportunity so to adjust freight rates as to meet such temporary conditions as now prevail in some agricultural…
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