On SEPTEMBER 21, 1924, America's 30th President, Calvin Coolidge, addressed the Holy Name Society in Washington, D.C., saying:
"The
worst evil that could be inflicted upon the youth of the land would be
to leave them without restraint and completely at the mercy of their own
uncontrolled inclinations.
Under such conditions education would be impossible, and all orderly development intellectually or morally would be hopeless."
Calvin Coolidge continued:
"The
Declaration of Independence...claims...the ultimate source of authority
by stating...they were... 'appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World
for the rectitude of' their 'intentions.'...
The foundations of our independence and our Government rests upon basic religious convictions.
Back of the authority of our laws is the authority of the Supreme Judge of the World, to whom we still appeal."
President Calvin Coolidge concluded:
"It
seems to me perfectly plain that the authority of law, the right to
equality, liberty and property, under American institutions, have for
their foundation reverence for God.
If we could imagine that to be swept away, these institutions of our American government could not long survive."
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