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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Jun 4, 1926

Now, Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge,President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority conferred in me by the said Act of April 27, 1904, do hereby order and direct that any purchaser or entryman of lands within said…

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 31, 1926

The condition of the Treasury, which now is being supplied so largely from income taxes, is very greatly dependent upon the general condition of business throughout the country.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

No one who is interested in the early beginnings of America, or who is moved by love of our country, could come into these historic and hallowed surroundings without being conscious of a deep sense of reverence.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

Our country ought to be done with all sectional divisions and all actions based upon geographical lines.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

No method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be divorced from local self-government.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

I want to see the policy adopted by the States of discharging their public functions so faithfully that instead of an extension on the part of the Federal Government there can be a contraction.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

The principle that those who think alike ought to be able to act alike wherever they happen to live should be supplemented by another rule for the continuation of the contentment and tranquillity of our Republic.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

It is impossible to lay too much emphasis upon the necessity of making all our political action of the Federal Government harmonize with the principle of national unity.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

It is difficult to determine where or when the great movements in human progress had their original inception.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 14, 1926

After enumerating many of the spiritual ideals, the Scriptures enjoin us to 'think on these things.'

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 13, 1926

I deem it necessary for the discipline of our military forces that the judgment of the efficiency board should be accepted by the President and the Congress as final unless some information develops which was not known at the time of their…

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· May 13, 1926

Nothing in this record indicates that such is the case in relation to Captain Rothwell, and I have therefore reluctantly come to the conclusion that I must return this act without my approval.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Apr 30, 1926

Since 1910, 3,000,000 boys in the United States have been scouts - one out of every even eligible.

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