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Calvin Coolidge: “It takes men of larger vision and higher inspiration, with a power to impart a larger vision and a higher inspiration to…”

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It takes men of larger vision and higher inspiration, with a power to impart a larger vision and a higher inspiration to the people, to make history.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge asserts that making history requires visionary leaders who inspire others.

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