The quiet eloquence of Calvin Coolidge

Not-So-Silent Cal Wrote With Eloquence

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The near reverential devotion to thrift: "There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means."

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The abhorrence of waste: "Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity."

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As to leading the nation, he asserts "all situations that arise are likely to be simplified, and many of them completely solved, by an application of the Constitution and the law."

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And on presidential hubris, he warns: "It is a great advantage to a president, and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man. When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions."

Comment: Interesting!