It is my firm conviction - Calvin Coolidge

It is my firm conviction that the duty of national defense, like the general duty of citizenship, should be broadly extended and borne by all our people. We do not believe in or wish to bear the expense of maintaining large standing military forces.Calvin Coolidge

Context: Commenting on the role of the United States military at the Naval Academy graduation in 1925.

• military
• national defense

Added on: April 24, 2007