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Calvin Coolidge: “But these are not the end, whether these come or no; the end lies in action--action in accord with the eternal…”

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But these are not the end, whether these come or no; the end lies in action--action in accord with the eternal principles of the Declaration of Independence; the words of the Continental Congress, but the deeds of the Army of the Revolution.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge emphasizes that true action must align with the foundational principles of American independence.

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