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Calvin Coolidge: “We may wonder at their need of constant restatement, reiteration, and defense.”

On the recordMay 14, 1926
We may wonder at their need of constant restatement, reiteration, and defense.
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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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