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Calvin Coolidge: “We are not going to overcome the Kaiser by becoming like him, nor aid Russia by becoming like her.”

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We are not going to overcome the Kaiser by becoming like him, nor aid Russia by becoming like her.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

In this statement, Coolidge asserts that the United States should not adopt the methods of its enemies in order to defeat them.

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