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Calvin Coolidge: Democracy is not a tearing-down; it is a building-up.

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Coolidge defines democracy as a constructive force rather than a destructive one.

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Mar 1, 1929

All competitors rated at 70 or more shall be eligible for appointment, and their names shall be placed on the proper register, according to their ratings.

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Feb 7, 1929

I think I have been invited to go to different foreign countries.

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Feb 11, 1929

I haven't seen the Capper resolution relative to giving the President authority to put an embargo on the sale of arms.

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