More from Calvin Coolidge
- Quote from a program at a Coolidge memorial service (1933); cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999). The passage did not originate with Coolidge, but evolved over several decades, appearing as early as 1881 in a youth guidance book
- Speech to the Society of American Newspaper Editors (1925).
- Quote from a program at a Coolidge memorial service (1933); cited in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999). The passage did not originate with Coolidge, but evolved over several decades, appearing as early as 1881 in a youth guidance book
More about patriotism
Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Defendant (1901), “A Defence of Patriotism”
