The time has gone by when one may do what he will with his own.
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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One is willing to suffer himself that his country may prosper, the other is willing his country should suffer that he may prosper.
One man seeks to help his country at his own expense, the other seeks to help himself at his country's expense.
The man who refuses to sell at a fine price whatever he may have that is necessary for the conduct of the war is a profiteer.
The man who seeks to stimulate and increase the production of materials necessary for the conduct of the war by raising the price he pays is a patriot.
Out of our sacrifice and suffering, out of our blood and tears, America shall have a new awakening, a rededication to the cause of Washington and Lincoln, a firmer conviction for the right.
It must be our disinterested plans that are to restore Europe to a place through justice when we have secured victory through the sword.
As we are turning the scale with our sword now, so hereafter we must turn the scale with the moral power of America.
There are other and greater forces in the world than march to the roll of the drum.
But America must furnish more than armies and navies for the future.
We are furnishing a reserve power that is bringing victory.
We shall go on battling for the first principles of Republican government until it has been secured to all the people of the earth.
The only hope of a short war is to prepare for a long one.
What they say in scorn, let us say in praise.
The sneer of Germany at America is vanishing.
Our industrial front must keep pace with our military front.
They realize that this is a war to preserve the rights that have been won for the people, and they have at all times advised their fellow workmen to remain at work.
The attitude of the leaders of organized labor has been patriotic.
Among Republicans there will be no political profiteering.
We seek no party advantage from the distress of our country.
And in the present crisis there is only one way to save our country.
There is no way to save our party if our country be lost.
Let it remain here as a mutual pledge by the giver and the receiver of their determination that the motive which inspired the representatives of each race to do right is to be a motive which is to govern the people of the earth.
This emblem will hereafter be a token not only of the friendship that exists between two nations but a token of liberty, of freedom, and of the recognition by the Government of both these nations of the rights of the people.
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