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You Hear A Lot Of Jokes Every Once In A While About 'silent Cal Coolidge.' The Joke Is On The People Who Make The Jokes. Look At His Record. He Cut The Taxes Four Times. We Had Probably The Greatest Growth And Prosperity That We've Ever Known. I Have Taken Heed Of That Because If He Did That By Doing Nothing, Maybe That's The Answer.

The People's Instincts Are Still Right. You See Them Come To The Rescue Of Someone-a Child Who Falls Down A Well-hundreds Of People Rush To Help, And Labor And Equipment Are Volunteered Without Any Thought Of Who's Going To Pay For It. This Is A Basic Feeling In Americans. They Don't Stand Back In Such A Circumstance And Ask What The Government's Going To Do About It.

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Democracy Is Worth Dying For, Because It's The Most Deeply Honorable Form Of Government Ever Devised By Man.

Some Years Ago A Top Ford Official Was Showing The Late Walter Reuther Through The Very Automates Plant In Cleveland, Ohio And He Said To Him Jokingly, "walter, You'll Have A Hard Time Collecting Union Dues From These Machines." And Walter Said, "you Are Going To Have More Trouble Trying To Sell Automobiles To Them." Both Of Them Let It Stop There. There Was A Logical Answer To That ... The Owners Of The Machines Could Buy Automobiles And If You Increase The Number Of Owners You Increase The Number Of Consumers.