There are only two other choices, anarchy or despotism--Russia, present and past.
Calvin Coolidge: “There are only two other choices, anarchy or despotism--Russia, present and past.”
Editor's note · Context
Coolidge presents the stark choices of anarchy or despotism as alternatives to American democracy.
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