America is not and must not be a country without ideals.
 Calvin Coolidge, State of the Union Address (7 December 1926). copy citation

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Author Calvin Coolidge
Source State of the Union Address
Topic ideals country
Date 7 December 1926
Language English
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“Around it should center all that is best in science, in learning, in letters, and in art. These are the results that justify the creation of those national resources with which we have been favored. AMERICAN IDEALS America is not and must not be a country without ideals. They are useless if they are only visionary; they are only valuable if they are practical. A nation can not dwell constantly on the mountain tops. It has to be replenished and sustained through the ceaseless toil of the less inspiring valleys.” source