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Calvin Coolidge: “We are in this war to preserve the institutions that have made us great.”

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We are in this war to preserve the institutions that have made us great.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge articulates the purpose of the war as a means to preserve foundational institutions.

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