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Calvin Coolidge: Here we soon see that office-holding is the incidental, but the standard of citizenship is the essential.

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Here we soon see that office-holding is the incidental, but the standard of citizenship is the essential.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge distinguishes between the act of holding office and the true essence of citizenship.

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