We revere that day because it marks the beginnings of independence, the beginnings of a constitution that was finally to give universal freedom and equality to all American citizens — the beginnings of a government that was to recognize beyond all others the power and worth and dignity of man. There began the first of governments to acknowledge that it was founded on the sovereignty of the people. There the world first beheld the revelation of modern democracy.


Equal Rights (1920)

Calvin Coolidge Quotes

We revere that day because it marks the beginnings of independence, the beginnings of a constitution that was finally to give universal freedom and...

We revere that day because it marks the beginnings of independence, the beginnings of a constitution that was finally to give universal freedom and...

We revere that day because it marks the beginnings of independence, the beginnings of a constitution that was finally to give universal freedom and...

We revere that day because it marks the beginnings of independence, the beginnings of a constitution that was finally to give universal freedom and...