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Calvin Coolidge: “It is because of our belief in these principles that we wish to see all the world relieved from strife and conflict and…”

On the recordMay 29, 1927
It is because of our belief in these principles that we wish to see all the world relieved from strife and conflict and brought under the humanizing influence of a reign of law.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Address on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia

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