The Inaugural Address of President Coolidge That Warned of the Dangers of ‘Legalized Larceny’ by Lawrence Reed

Recommendable! President Coolidge is probably one of the most underrated presidents of the last 120 years or so. The 46th President will probably be no match for President Coolidge or he will even go down as one of the worst socialists since FDR!

"... History teaches endless lessons whether people want to learn them or not. Its pages instruct us painfully that the two greatest dangers from government are mission creep and creeps on a mission. The last thing you would ever hear from the lips of Calvin Coolidge were arrogant pretensions to knowledge or grand plans to “fundamentally transform” America. ..."

The Inaugural Address That Warned of the Dangers of ‘Legalized Larceny’ - Foundation for Economic Education Calvin Coolidge understood that if government can do something for you, it is only because it can do something to you.