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Calvin Coolidge: “These forces may all be dissipated, they may be defeated, but while I am entrusted with the office of their…”

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These forces may all be dissipated, they may be defeated, but while I am entrusted with the office of their Commander-in-Chief they will not be surrendered.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge asserts his commitment to maintaining order and not surrendering to challenges as Commander-in-Chief.

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