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It does not propose to abandon the theory of the Declaration that the people have inalienable rights which no majority and no power of government can destroy.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “It does not propose to abandon the theory of the Declaration that the people have inalienable rights which no majority…”
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Coolidge reaffirms the inalienable rights of the people as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
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