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Calvin Coolidge: Free government has no greater menace than disrespect for authority and continual violation of law.

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Free government has no greater menace than disrespect for authority and continual violation of law.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge warns that disrespect for authority poses a significant threat to free government.

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