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Calvin Coolidge: “The America which Washington founded does not mean we shall have everything done for us, but that we shall have every…”

On the recordFebruary 21, 1924
The America which Washington founded does not mean we shall have everything done for us, but that we shall have every opportunity to do everything for ourselves.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Radio Address to the Nation on the Occasion of Washington's Birthday

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