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Calvin Coolidge: “While we continue to condemn, unsparingly, selfishness and greed and all trafficking in the natural rights of man, let…”

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While we continue to condemn, unsparingly, selfishness and greed and all trafficking in the natural rights of man, let us not forget to respect thrift and industry and enterprise.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge urges respect for positive values like thrift and industry while condemning greed.

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