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Warren Harding: “The aim and object of our every policy must be the establishment and maintenance of an independent and self-respecting…”

On the recordJune 27, 1923
The aim and object of our every policy must be the establishment and maintenance of an independent and self-respecting, reliant and industrious, intelligent and self-helpful American citizenship.
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Warren Harding
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Address in Idaho Falls, Idaho

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