He is the only one of our presidents to have been born on the
Fourth of July (1872 to be exact). Calvin Coolidge, the 30th of our
43 presidents was deeply patriotic and revered the basic
institutions of the nation, but he did not wear any of this on his
sleeve. Of the Stars and Stripes, he once said, "He who lives under
it and is loyal to it is loyal to truth and justice everywhere."
That summarized his thoughts completely.
He was dubbed "Silent Cal," for he was anything but loquacious. When he did speak out or write, however, he was pithy or eloquent, as the situation demanded. He used language with precision and wasted no words. During the Boston police strike in 1919 he was Governor of Massachusetts and came right to the point: "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time."
Coolidges's speeches and writings were often eloquent in their simplicity. About the celebration of the nation's Independence Day, he wrote of its long-term significance in a July 3, 1930 newspaper column, "Since 1776 we have been politically an independent nation, but we do not need to emphasize our independence any more than we need to emphasize our selfishness. We are in no danger of failing to provide a very complete supply of both of them."
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/07/03/born-on-the-fourth-of-july
He was dubbed "Silent Cal," for he was anything but loquacious. When he did speak out or write, however, he was pithy or eloquent, as the situation demanded. He used language with precision and wasted no words. During the Boston police strike in 1919 he was Governor of Massachusetts and came right to the point: "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time."
Coolidges's speeches and writings were often eloquent in their simplicity. About the celebration of the nation's Independence Day, he wrote of its long-term significance in a July 3, 1930 newspaper column, "Since 1776 we have been politically an independent nation, but we do not need to emphasize our independence any more than we need to emphasize our selfishness. We are in no danger of failing to provide a very complete supply of both of them."
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/07/03/born-on-the-fourth-of-july
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