Blast from the Past: Silent Cal Speaks

President Calvin Coolidge, famous for his laconic approach, earned the nickname "Silent Cal" ... but when he had something to say, he said it.  Check this out from a White House address in 1924, if only as a cool bit of historical archiving joy:

Transcript here.  Here is a blurb:

"Taxes take from everyone a part of his earnings and force everyone to work for a certain part of his time for the government ... I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry; this is the chief meaning of freedom.  Until we can reestablish a condition under which the earnings of the people can be kept by the people, we are bound to suffer a very severe and distinct curtailment of our liberty."