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Calvin Coolidge: “But it should be known to all that our military power holds no threat of aggrandizement.”

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But it should be known to all that our military power holds no threat of aggrandizement.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge clarifies that U.S. military power is not intended for expansionism.

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