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Calvin Coolidge: If our country wishes to compete with others, let it not be in the support of armaments but in the making of a beautiful…

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If our country wishes to compete with others, let it not be in the support of armaments but in the making of a beautiful capital city.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge advocates for competing in beauty rather than armaments for the capital city.

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