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Calvin Coolidge: “The power to preserve America is in the same hands to-day that it was when the German army was almost at the gates of…”

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The power to preserve America is in the same hands to-day that it was when the German army was almost at the gates of Paris.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge emphasizes the importance of collective responsibility in preserving America during a crisis.

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