If the country will be content to be moderate and patient and permit improvements to be made where they will do the greatest general good, rather than insisting on expenditures at this time on secondary projects, our internal Waterways can be made a success.
Calvin Coolidge: “If the country will be content to be moderate and patient and permit improvements to be made where they will do the…”
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Coolidge emphasizes the importance of patience and moderation in improving internal waterways for the greater good.
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