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Bill Taft: “The national prosperity and power impose upon us duties which we can not shirk if we are to be true to our ideals.”

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The national prosperity and power impose upon us duties which we can not shirk if we are to be true to our ideals.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft asserts that national prosperity comes with responsibilities that must be honored.

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