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Calvin Coolidge: In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should…

On the recordFebruary 21, 1927
In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress in Anticipation of Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary, in 1932, of the...

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