Calvin Coolidge Patriotic Quotations

There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth, peace, security, liberty, our family, our friends, our home. . .But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done.