Calvin Coolidge Quote

While the written word was the foundation, it is apparent that the spoken word was the vehicle for convincing the people. This came with great force and wide range from the successors of Hooker and Wise, It was carried on with a missionary spirit which did not fail to reach the Scotch-Irish of North Carolina, showing its influence by significantly making that Colony the first to give instructions to its delegates looking to independence. This preaching reached the neighborhood of Thomas Jefferson, who acknowledged that his "best ideas of democracy" had been secured at church meetings.


Speech on the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1926)


While the written word was the foundation, it is apparent that the spoken word was the vehicle for convincing the people. This came with great force...

While the written word was the foundation, it is apparent that the spoken word was the vehicle for convincing the people. This came with great force...

While the written word was the foundation, it is apparent that the spoken word was the vehicle for convincing the people. This came with great force...

While the written word was the foundation, it is apparent that the spoken word was the vehicle for convincing the people. This came with great force...