Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who believe in it. The people of America believe in American institutions, the American form of government and the American method of transacting business.


As quoted in Manuscripts: speeches and messages of Calvin Coolidge, 1895–1924, the Massachusetts State Library, George Fingold Library, Boston. - Speech to the the Republican Commercial Travelers' Club (1920)

Calvin Coolidge Quotes

Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who...

Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who...

Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who...

Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who...