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Calvin Coolidge: Labor can make no permanent gains at the cost of the general welfare.

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Labor can make no permanent gains at the cost of the general welfare.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge asserts that labor cannot achieve lasting benefits at the expense of the broader community's welfare.

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