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Calvin Coolidge: It was not so much a struggle of the Colonies against the tyranny of bad government, as against wrong principles of…

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It was not so much a struggle of the Colonies against the tyranny of bad government, as against wrong principles of government, and for self-government.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge articulates the struggle for self-governance as a fundamental principle in the fight against tyranny.

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