"Our talents are given us in order that we may serve ourselves and our fellowmen." ~Calvin Coolidge From a small town boy in Vermont to President of the U.S., Calvin Coolidge remained the same stalwart, honest, clear-thinking man he was trained to be at home. He clung to the values and principles instilled in him through his parents, grandparents and devoted professors, all his life. He never flinched in his beliefs that God is at the helm, that He directs His children through natural laws and principles, that hard work is the backbone of success and progress and that liberty must be earned. He brought order and increased freedom at every level of government in which he served. Best of all, he loudly exclaimed--through his words and through the life he lived--that we are here to serve God by serving our fellowmen and that if we'll prepare ourselves, God will call us to His work.  In this podcast, you'll hear Coolidge's own words about all aspects of life. You'll see his spiritual training, his educational preparation and his commitment to giving of himself to create better communities. In his life, you'll watch the fruits of the 7 Laws of Life Mission bless a nation, and hopefully, you'll be inspired to follow in his footsteps.  Listener's Guide: Use the time stamps below to skip to any part of the podcast.  6:18        Birth and early life     14:13      Education 19:14      A deeper introduction to Natural Law and Truth 27:42     Professor Garman 30:09    Law 33:01     Family 35:45     Public Office 39:27     The real role of government 42:51     National Attention and Staying the Course 45:24    The hand of God 48:36    Mr. President 51:46     Two sad events Quotes from this episode: “By reason of what I saw and heard in my early life, I came to have a good working knowledge of the practical side of government. I understood that it consisted of restraints which the people had imposed upon themselves in order to promote the common welfare.” ~Calvin Coolidge “[My parents] drew no class distinctions except towards those who assumed superior airs. Those they held in contempt. They held strongly to the doctrine of equality. Whenever the hired man or the hired girl wanted to go anywhere they were always understood to be entitled to my place in the wagon, in which case, I remained at home. This gave me a very early training in democratic ideas and impressed upon me very forcibly the dignity and power, if not the superiority, of labor.” ~Calvin Coolidge “While I can think of many pleasures we did not have, and many niceties of culture with which we were unfamiliar, yet if I had the power to order my life anew I would not dare to change that period of it. If it did not afford me the best that there was, it abundantly provided the best that there was for me.” ~Calvin Coolidge “I discovered that our ideas of democracy came from the agora of Greece, and our ideas of liberty came from the forum of Rome. Something of the sequence of history was revealed to me so that I began to understand the significance of our own times and our own country.” ~Calvin Coolidge “If attendance on these religious services ever harmed any of the men of my time I have never been informed of it. The good it did I believe was infinite. Not the least of it was the discipline that resulted from having constantly to give some thought to things that young men would often prefer not to consider. If we did not have the privilege of doing what we wanted to do we had the much greater benefit of doing what we ought to do. It broke down our selfishness, it conquered our resistance, it supplanted impulse, and finally, it enthroned reason.” ~Calvin Coolidge “Above all, we were taught to follow the truth whithersoever it might...