Speech · Political speechIf all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.Calvin Coolidge1926★ 5.1
Speech · Political speechAmerica seeks no earthly empire built on blood and force. No ambition, no temptation, lures her to thought of foreign dominions.Calvin CoolidgeSecond Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge · 1925★ 3.6
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.Calvin Coolidge2000★ 3.5
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