Calvin Coolidge Quote

Notwithstanding all the honor which this country has bestowed upon the living and all the reverence that has marked its attitude toward the dead who have served us in a military capacity, we are not a warlike Nation. As a people we have not sought military glory. Because of our fortunate circumstances, such wars as we have waged have been for the purpose of securing conditions under which peace would be more permanent, liberty would be more secure, and justice would be more certain. It was this principle that peculiarly characterized the forces who acknowledged as their commander in chief Abraham Lincoln.


Ways to Peace (1926)


Notwithstanding all the honor which this country has bestowed upon the living and all the reverence that has marked its attitude toward the dead who...

Notwithstanding all the honor which this country has bestowed upon the living and all the reverence that has marked its attitude toward the dead who...

Notwithstanding all the honor which this country has bestowed upon the living and all the reverence that has marked its attitude toward the dead who...

Notwithstanding all the honor which this country has bestowed upon the living and all the reverence that has marked its attitude toward the dead who...