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No system of government can stand that lacks public confidence and no progress can be made on the assumption of a false premise.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “No system of government can stand that lacks public confidence and no progress can be made on the assumption of a false…”
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Coolidge asserts that a lack of public confidence undermines the foundation of government and progress.
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