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Calvin Coolidge: We are more anxious than they are to have their sovereignty respected.

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We are more anxious than they are to have their sovereignty respected.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge expresses a commitment to respecting the sovereignty of other nations.

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