Coolidge Principles-Belief in Constitution, Favor Individual Enterprise, Oppose Government Ownership

President Calvin Coolidge statement of principles. Recording from the Vincent Voice Library, Michigan State University Libraries.

"I believe in the American Constitution, I favor the American system of individual enterprise, and I’m opposed to any general extension of government ownership and control. I believe not only advocating economy in public expenditures, but in its practical application and actual accomplishment…"