Calvin Coolidge's Birthday

[Anti Federalist]

Was yesterday.

Happy Birthday Silent Cal.

Who is generally regarded as the most libertarian, laissez-faire president the nation has ever seen.

And who signed and supported both strict immigration standards and protectionist tariffs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Calvin_Coolidge).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Calvin_Coolidge#/media/File:Calvin_Coolidge_photo_portrait_head_and_shoul ders.jpg

[Krugminator2]

Usually I think citing quotes from politicians is ridiculous but Silent Cal his persistence one is great.



Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.




Some others.

"Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing." (Pretty far ahead of his time on that.)

"Duty is not collective; it is personal." (Sounds like Ron Paul)

"Civilization and profit go hand in hand."

"They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves."

[euphemia]

I have a lot of respect for people who say as little as possible.

[Anti Globalist]

Quite possibly the most apolitical president ever elected.

[Danke]

I have a lot of respect for people who say as little as possible.

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[shakey1]

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[Anti Federalist]

President Calvin Coolidge on the 150th anniversary of the Declaration's ratification, in 1926:

About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern.

But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter.

If 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.

[Swordsmyth]

:star::star::star::star::star:

[Anti Globalist]

Got to give Harding credit for choosing Coolidge as his VP. Who knows what would have happened if he went with someone else.

[Anti Federalist]

Thanks to the mod who fixed my title spelling error.

[shakey1]

Thanks to Cal a brief break from the downward spiral.

[Swordsmyth]

Thanks to Cal a brief break from the downward spiral.
And a great example of what we should do to turn things around.


signed and supported both strict immigration standards and protectionist tariffs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Calvin_Coolidge).