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Calvin Coolidge: “If we desire to be an influence in order and law, tranquility and good will in the world, we must be determined to make…”

On the recordMay 29, 1927
If we desire to be an influence in order and law, tranquility and good will in the world, we must be determined to make sufficient sacrifices to live by these precepts at home.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Address on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia

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