What happens
This episode of American History Through The Eyes Of Radio presents a 1920 address by Calvin Coolidge on law and order. Coolidge argues that government exists to protect the weak, that it should be humane and serve the people, and that the people own both the government and its property. He warns against resisting law in the name of freedom, insisting that freedom depends on obedience to the Constitution and the laws. He describes laws as rules of action rather than impositions, and concludes that government must govern and that the protection of the commonwealth is a grave responsibility entrusted to its citizens.
A 1920 public address on government, law and order in Massachusetts and the United States.
Characters: Calvin Coolidge
Listen for: Coolidge's argument that obedience to law is the basis of freedom, and his statement that government must govern.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.