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The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.

Calvin Coolidge
Country, Men, Law
"Address at the Unveiling of the Equestrian Statue of Bishop Francis Asbury, Washington, DC". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. October 15, 1924.
The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of the law for the virtues of men.