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On the recordMay 29, 1925
United, it could go its way in all security; divided, both sections becoming the prey of jealousy and intrigue, would have dissipated all the power they now have for good in the world.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia

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