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There is no substitute for a militant freedom. The only alternative is submission and slavery.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
That man has offered me unsolicited advice for six years, all of it bad!
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
Address at Holy Cross (1919)
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
Letter to John Coolidge (1910)
Workmen's compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold consolations, if there be no employment.
Plymouth, Labor Day (1919)
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
Telegram to Samuel Gompers (1919)
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
The chief business of the American people is business.
Those who do not want to be partakers of the American spirit ought not to settle in America.
It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.
It is not industry, but idleness, that is degrading.
I do not fear the arrival of as many immigrants a year as shipping conditions or passport requirements can handle, provided they are of good character.
Whose Country Is This? (1921)
I want to see America set the example to the world both in our domestic and foreign relations of magnanimity.
Ordered Liberty and World Peace (1924)
Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.
Authority and Religious Liberty (1924)
After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.
The Press Under a Free Government (1925)
America is a large country. It is a tolerant country. It has room within its borders for many races and many creeds.
Ordered Liberty and World Peace (1924)
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.
Your race is entitled to great praise for the contribution it makes in doing the work of the world.
The Progress of a People (1924)