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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 12, 1929

If the President will allow himself to be quoted as saying that there are 49,200,000 cows in the United States, that appears to be exciting news.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 7, 1929

PERMIT ME to offer to Your Majesty on this birthday anniversary cordial felicitations of the Government and people of the United States and my own personal greetings.

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Herbert Hoover
@herberthoover· Republican · CA· Apr 4, 1929

A very great honor and courtesy have been shown by France to the United States in the arrangements they have made for the return of the body of a most distinguished American citizen--Ambassador Herrick.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Jan 17, 1929

No passport shall be granted or issued to, or verified for, any persons other than those owing allegiance, whether citizens or not, to the United States.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Dec 11, 1928

Air transport means much to the United States, divided as it is in the West by lofty mountain ranges and deserts.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Dec 6, 1928

I think I have already stated that if the treaty were violated it would leave the United States in the same position that it would be without the treaty, and Congress would determine as usual what action would be taken.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Nov 15, 1928

The United States Government was trying to fix the price of silver by law, which, of course, was bound to fail.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Apr 5, 1927

The best security to the Philippine Islands is the protection of and by the United States.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Nov 2, 1926

I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, in pursuance of the said concurrent resolution, do hereby order that the flag of the United States be displayed on all Government buildings on November 11, 1926

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Sep 20, 1926

Therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, recommend that the week beginning Sunday, October 3, be observed through the country as Fire Prevention Week.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Sep 2, 1926

I see no reason why the United States shouldn't have the same right which it would have under the 5th reservation.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Sep 2, 1926

So I understand the 5th reservation is merely for the purpose of putting the United States in the same position as other countries.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Aug 16, 1926

About all I can say about that which can be understood without entering into a long explanation about rather technical matters would be that Mexico has made large concessions to the demands of the United States on these questions.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Jul 11, 1926

This order shall take effect August 1, 1926, and shall supersede the Executive Order of January 12, 1925, entitled, 'Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States,' and the Executive Order of March 31, 1925, entitled, 'Documents Required of Aliens Entering the Philippine Islands, Guam and American Samoa,' but shall not supersede the Executive Order of July 14, 1924, entitled 'Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States on Airships.'

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Apr 18, 1926

This Government does not consider that any new agreement is necessary to give effect to the conditions and reservations on which the United States is prepared to adhere to the Permanent Court.

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Calvin Coolidge
@calvincoolidge· Republican · VT· Apr 18, 1926

The Senate gave its consent to the adherence of the United States to the Statute of the Permanent Court with certain specific conditions and reservations set forth in the Resolution, which I forwarded to you as the depository of the Protocol.

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Robert Taft
@roberttaft· Republican · OH· Nov 7, 1909

I feel always like claiming what Judge Black explained with his constitutional law, that when I was elected President of the United States I was elected from Georgia.

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