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Calvin Coolidge: I agree that partisanship should stop at the boundary line, but I assert that patriotism should begin there.

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I agree that partisanship should stop at the boundary line, but I assert that patriotism should begin there.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge advocates for patriotism to transcend partisanship, suggesting a unified national identity.

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