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Warren Harding: It will be righteous and just, it will be more effective in war and marked by less regret in the aftermath, if we draft…

On the recordJune 28, 1923
It will be righteous and just, it will be more effective in war and marked by less regret in the aftermath, if we draft all of capital, all of industry, all of agriculture, all of commerce, all of talent and capacity and energy of every description to make the supreme and united and unselfish fight for the national triumph.
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Warren Harding
Republican · Ohio

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Address in Helena, Montana

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