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Calvin Coolidge: Self-government does not purge us of all our faults, but there are very few students of the affairs of mankind who would…

On the recordFebruary 21, 1924
Self-government does not purge us of all our faults, but there are very few students of the affairs of mankind who would deny that the theory upon which our institutions proceed gives the best results that have ever been given to any people.
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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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