Of course we are all aware that the recognition of brotherhood brings in the requirement of charity. But it is only on the basis of individual property that there can be any charity. Our very conception of the term means that we deny ourselves of what belongs to us, in order to give it to another. If that which we give is not really our own, but belongs to the person to whom we give it, such an act may rightfully be called justice, but it cannot be regarded as charity.


Authority and Religious Liberty (1924)

Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Of course we are all aware that the recognition of brotherhood brings in the requirement of charity. But it is only on the basis of individual...

Of course we are all aware that the recognition of brotherhood brings in the requirement of charity. But it is only on the basis of individual...

Of course we are all aware that the recognition of brotherhood brings in the requirement of charity. But it is only on the basis of individual...

Of course we are all aware that the recognition of brotherhood brings in the requirement of charity. But it is only on the basis of individual...