There is only one way in the world to prevent war, and that is for every nation to tend to its own business. Will Rogers

• war
• foreign policy

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We do not need to import any foreign economic ideas or any foreign government. We had better stick to the American brand of government, the American brand of equality, and the American brand of wages. America had better stay American. Calvin Coolidge

• America
• foreign policy
• government

The policy of peace through reason rather than peace through force is one in which America has taken and ought always to continue to take a leading part. Calvin Coolidge

• military
• foreign policy
• national defense
• peace

We should not forget that in the world over the general attitude and one of the strongest attributes of all peoples is a desire to do right. Unless we lay our course in accordance with this principle, the great power for good in the world with which we have been intrusted by a Divine Providence will be turned to a power for evil. We shall make no progress and be of no benefit to ourselves or to anyone else. Calvin Coolidge

• foreign policy

It is our purpose in our intercourse with foreign powers to rely not on the strength of our fleets and our armies but on the justice of our cause. Calvin Coolidge

• foreign policy

For national leaders, it is sometimes easier to fight than to talk. Impatient cries for total victory are usually more popular than the patient tolerance required of a people whose leaders are seeking peaceful change down the intricate paths of diplomacy. Harlan Cleveland

• foreign policy
• national defense