Tag Archive for "limits of knowledge" | Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation

Calvin Coolidge Says, September 19, 1930

February 8, 2021

Date: September 19, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) In the conduct of popular government, in the maintenance of liberty, in releasing the human mind from artificial restraints […]

Tags: ethics, limits of knowledge, virtue

Calvin Coolidge Says, September 10, 1930

February 4, 2021

Date: September 10, 1930 Location: Northampton, MA (Original document available here) The report that the Tariff Commission is about to start investigations of a wide variety of commodities will not […]

Tags: Economics, limits of knowledge, Tariffs, Trade

Calvin Coolidge Says, June 16, 1931

January 7, 2021

Date: June 16, 1931 Location: Marion, OH (Original document available here) An ambitious proposal is being made for adopting a ten-year plan for operating this country. Suggestions for improvement are always […]

Tags: Economics, limits of knowledge, planning

Calvin Coolidge Says, April 15, 1931

December 31, 2020

Date: April 15, 1931 Location: Boston, MA (Original document available here) The use of fact-finding commissions is again being criticized. About twenty-five years ago agitation caused the Congress to prohibit spending […]

Tags: Commissions, limits of knowledge, Responsibility

Address at William & Mary College

April 23, 2014

Title: States’ Rights and National Unity Date: May 15, 1926 Location: William & Mary College, Williamsburg, VA Context: A speech on the importance of maintaining unity and defending nationality, and continuing in our progress. […]

Tags: American Revolution, Federalism, History, independence, Limited government, limits of knowledge, National Foundation, patriotism, Role of National Government, States Rights