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Calvin Coolidge: “We do not deny the existence of economic laws, nor the right to profit by a change of conditions.”

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We do not deny the existence of economic laws, nor the right to profit by a change of conditions.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge acknowledges economic laws while affirming the right to benefit from changing conditions.

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