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Calvin Coolidge: It is sometimes easier for a person that is in private life and no longer charged with the responsibilities of the…

On the recordAugust 30, 1926
It is sometimes easier for a person that is in private life and no longer charged with the responsibilities of the administration of public affairs to make a larger expenditure of the taxpayers' money than it is for those who have to be responsible for the collection of the money or the payment of it out of the pockets of the taxpayer.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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