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Calvin Coolidge: “I want to see the policy adopted by the States of discharging their public functions so faithfully that instead of an…”

On the recordMay 14, 1926
I want to see the policy adopted by the States of discharging their public functions so faithfully that instead of an extension on the part of the Federal Government there can be a contraction.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Address at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.

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