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Calvin Coolidge: “The orderly management of our affairs is a perpetual test of our ability.”

On the recordJune 20, 1926
The orderly management of our affairs is a perpetual test of our ability.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Eleventh Regular Meeting of the Business Organization of the Government, Washington, D.C.

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