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No matter how much or how little some other country may feel constrained to provide, we can well afford to set the example, not of being dictated to by others, but of adopting our own standards.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “No matter how much or how little some other country may feel constrained to provide, we can well afford to set the…”
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Coolidge encourages setting a standard of independence rather than following others' dictates in defense matters.
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