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Calvin Coolidge: “Society is in much more danger from encumbering the National Government beyond its wisdom to comprehend, or its ability…”

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Society is in much more danger from encumbering the National Government beyond its wisdom to comprehend, or its ability to administer, than from leaving the local communities to bear their own burdens and remedy their own evils.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge believes that overburdening the national government poses greater risks than allowing local communities to manage their own issues.

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