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Calvin Coolidge: Not because the underlying principles set out in the Declaration of Independence were new; they are older than the…

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Not because the underlying principles set out in the Declaration of Independence were new; they are older than the Christian religion, or Greek philosophy, nor was it because history is made by proclamation or declaration; history is made only by action.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge argues that the principles of the Declaration of Independence are timeless and that history is shaped by actions, not just words.

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