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Calvin Coolidge: “While welcoming information from any quarter, the Congress should continue to exercise its own judgment in a matter so…”

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While welcoming information from any quarter, the Congress should continue to exercise its own judgment in a matter so vital and important to all the interests of the country as taxation.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge stresses that Congress should rely on its judgment regarding taxation, despite being open to external information.

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