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Authority and Religious Liberty

April 24, 2014

Title: Authority and Religious Liberty Date: September 21, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Delivered to the Holy Name Society on the value of authority and upholding a religious morality Something in all human beings […]

Tags: Authority, Discipline, Morality, Religion, Religious Truth, truth

Speech at Lafayette Monument on Ordered Liberty

April 24, 2014

Title: Speech at Lafayette Monument on Ordered Liberty Date: September 6, 1924 Location: Baltimore, MD Context: delivered at the dedication of a Monument to Lafayette celebrating his fight for freedom. (Original document available […]

Tags: Authority, Constitution, freedom, Lafayette, Ordered Liberty

Equality of Rights

April 24, 2014

Title: Equality of Rights Date: August 9, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: President Coolidge responds to a man offended by the prospect of a non-white man being nominated to be a Republican nominee […]

Tags: civics, Civil Rights, Constitution, Equal Rights, Equality, ethics

What it Means to Be a Boy Scout

April 24, 2014

Title: What it Means to Be a Boy Scout Date: July 25, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Delivered at the White House and transmitted by telephone to a farewell meeting in New […]

Tags: Boy Scouts, boyhood, inspiration, intelligence, moral conviction, reverence for God, reverence for nature

Education: the Cornerstone of Self-Government

April 24, 2014

Title: Education: the Cornerstone of Self-Government Date: July 4, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Speech delivered to the Convention of the National Education Association on the importance of education to a nation’s […]

Tags: Declaration of Independence, Education, School, teachers

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