Amity Shlaes

The law, the Johnson-Reed Act, passed by such overwhelming majorities in both houses. I think it was 69-9 in the Senate that the president didn't really have much say about what was happening.

He gave a direct rebuttal to the American Legion. He didn't say, I'm going to talk now about the Ku Klux Klan marching, but he gave a speech where he said, and I'm paraphrasing, so forgive me, whether we came over three centuries ago on the Mayflower, something like the Coolidge family, or three years ago in the steerage, here we're all in the same boat. That is, we're together.

He gave a direct rebuttal to the American Legion. He didn't say, I'm going to talk now about the Ku Klux Klan marching, but he gave a speech where he said, and I'm paraphrasing, so forgive me, whether we came over three centuries ago on the Mayflower, something like the Coolidge family, or three years ago in the steerage, here we're all in the same boat. That is, we're together.

He gave a direct rebuttal to the American Legion. He didn't say, I'm going to talk now about the Ku Klux Klan marching, but he gave a speech where he said, and I'm paraphrasing, so forgive me, whether we came over three centuries ago on the Mayflower, something like the Coolidge family, or three years ago in the steerage, here we're all in the same boat. That is, we're together.

That's a pretty direct rebuttal to the sort of sorting and the bigotry that went on. We here have to stick together and build our country. He also said, if all men are equal, that is final. That is, he wouldn't sit around and make divisions among groups.

That's a pretty direct rebuttal to the sort of sorting and the bigotry that went on. We here have to stick together and build our country. He also said, if all men are equal, that is final. That is, he wouldn't sit around and make divisions among groups.

That's a pretty direct rebuttal to the sort of sorting and the bigotry that went on. We here have to stick together and build our country. He also said, if all men are equal, that is final. That is, he wouldn't sit around and make divisions among groups.

One of the things he did for African-Americans, and I, again, find it very deliberate, small but significant, was he went to Howard U., the historically African-American college in Washington, and he supported funding for the building of a medical school there. But he wanted to support any effort by any population, but particularly African-Americans, to professionalize.

One of the things he did for African-Americans, and I, again, find it very deliberate, small but significant, was he went to Howard U., the historically African-American college in Washington, and he supported funding for the building of a medical school there. But he wanted to support any effort by any population, but particularly African-Americans, to professionalize.

One of the things he did for African-Americans, and I, again, find it very deliberate, small but significant, was he went to Howard U., the historically African-American college in Washington, and he supported funding for the building of a medical school there. But he wanted to support any effort by any population, but particularly African-Americans, to professionalize.

You don't do that if you don't expect people can do the work. He did. He favored night schools. One of our trustees is Kurt Schmoke, who leads a school, the University of Baltimore, that has a good share of students who are older than 22. That is, people have gone back to school who go back vocationally who are very serious about building their career. That was Coolidge, too.

You don't do that if you don't expect people can do the work. He did. He favored night schools. One of our trustees is Kurt Schmoke, who leads a school, the University of Baltimore, that has a good share of students who are older than 22. That is, people have gone back to school who go back vocationally who are very serious about building their career. That was Coolidge, too.

You don't do that if you don't expect people can do the work. He did. He favored night schools. One of our trustees is Kurt Schmoke, who leads a school, the University of Baltimore, that has a good share of students who are older than 22. That is, people have gone back to school who go back vocationally who are very serious about building their career. That was Coolidge, too.

His name was used briefly for a law school that was a night law school, not a fancy day law school, because Coolidge himself worked at night to learn the law in the library in Northampton. He believed in effort, and he was not a bigot.

His name was used briefly for a law school that was a night law school, not a fancy day law school, because Coolidge himself worked at night to learn the law in the library in Northampton. He believed in effort, and he was not a bigot.

His name was used briefly for a law school that was a night law school, not a fancy day law school, because Coolidge himself worked at night to learn the law in the library in Northampton. He believed in effort, and he was not a bigot.

Well, not that he was narrow or narrow to himself, but that he believed that a prosperous economy would do more for any disadvantaged group than a social measure. That's the essential proposition. What's the best thing you can do for someone? Give him a job or allow a job to be created for him by the market, not create a social program for him.

Well, not that he was narrow or narrow to himself, but that he believed that a prosperous economy would do more for any disadvantaged group than a social measure. That's the essential proposition. What's the best thing you can do for someone? Give him a job or allow a job to be created for him by the market, not create a social program for him.

Well, not that he was narrow or narrow to himself, but that he believed that a prosperous economy would do more for any disadvantaged group than a social measure. That's the essential proposition. What's the best thing you can do for someone? Give him a job or allow a job to be created for him by the market, not create a social program for him.

He was fascinated with insurance because he saw the actuarial potential of insurance. You could build an annuity for every American because by the math, the pool is large enough, right? If every American signs up for some kind of annuity, which would be the equivalent of Social Security, and pays in, well, there'll be enough money for everyone's annuity.