CSPAN2 The July 4, 2024
Im amity shlaes the Coolidge Foundation and i shall start with a quotation from Calvin Coolidge. We need more of the office desk and less the show window in polished. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for limelight. More, less window. No limelight. Midnight oil. So thats what coolidge said over hundred years ago when trying to explain the profession of government. The lines sound a little meager, a little modest, but is also something consoling, even elating the midnight oil. Hard is not only a refuge. It is feast for minds. Yours. Thats why tomorrow is the centennial of the coolid...