The 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

(by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States) We meet to celebrate the birthday of America. The coming of a new life always excites our interest. Although we know in the case of the individual that it has been an infinite repetition reaching back beyond our vision, that only makes it the more wonderful. But …

The Duties of Citizenship

(by Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States) The institutions of our country rest upon faith in the people. No decision that the people have made in any great crisis has ever shown that faith in them has been misplaced. It is impossible to divorce that faith which we have in others from the faith …