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We shall do far better service to ourselves and to others if we admit this and discharge our duties voluntarily, than if we deny it and are forced to meet the same obligations unwillingly.
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Coolidge emphasizes the importance of voluntarily fulfilling international obligations rather than being forced into them.
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