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Calvin Coolidge: The ultimate sanction of law rests on the righteous authority of the Almighty.

On the recordJuly 4, 1926
The ultimate sanction of law rests on the righteous authority of the Almighty.
Said by
Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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