Quote#Work
Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort.…
Quote byCalvin Coolidge · 1872–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to the Republican Commercial Travelers' Club (1920), As quoted in Manuscripts: speeches and messages of Calvin Coolidge, 1895–1924, the Massachusetts State Library, George Fingold Library, Boston..
English (original)
Parties do not maintain themselves. They are maintained by effort. The government is not self-existent. It is maintained by the effort of those who believe in it. The people of America believe in American institutions, the American form of government and the American method of transacting business.
— Calvin Coolidge
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