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Calvin Coolidge: “The gravest responsibilities that can come to a people in this world have come to us.”

On the recordNovember 10, 1928
The gravest responsibilities that can come to a people in this world have come to us.
Said by
Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Observance of the Tenth Anniversary of the Armistice Under the Auspices of the American Legion in Washington

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