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Calvin Coolidge: “Our enormous material wealth, our institutions, our whole form of society, can not be considered fully successful until…”

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Our enormous material wealth, our institutions, our whole form of society, can not be considered fully successful until their benefits reach the merit of every individual.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge believes that true success is measured by the benefits reaching every individual.

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