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Calvin Coolidge: “What the country requires is not so much new policies as a steady continuation of those which are already being crowned…”

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What the country requires is not so much new policies as a steady continuation of those which are already being crowned with such abundant success.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge advocates for the continuation of successful policies rather than introducing new ones.

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