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Calvin Coolidge: Office has great opportunities for doing wrong, but equal chance for doing right.

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Office has great opportunities for doing wrong, but equal chance for doing right.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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He acknowledges the dual potential of public office for both wrongdoing and doing good.

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