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No; we have taken more than the sword, lest we perish by the sword; we have summoned the moral power of the Nation.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “No; we have taken more than the sword, lest we perish by the sword; we have summoned the moral power of the Nation.”
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Coolidge asserts that America must harness its moral strength in addition to military power.
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