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Calvin Coolidge: “Real education and true welfare for the people rest inevitably on this foundation, which the Government can approve and…”

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Real education and true welfare for the people rest inevitably on this foundation, which the Government can approve and commend, but which the people themselves must create.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge asserts that true education and welfare depend on the efforts of the people, with government support being secondary.

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