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Calvin Coolidge: “Certainly, I have no desire to do that and shouldn't want to be thought so lacking in appreciation of a man of his…”

On the recordApril 18, 1927
Certainly, I have no desire to do that and shouldn't want to be thought so lacking in appreciation of a man of his abilities as to think that he wasn't well qualified for any position in the Cabinet that he would be willing to accept.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Excerpts of the President's News Conference

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