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Calvin Coolidge: The Republican Party is proposing humanitarian legislation to build up character, to establish independence, not…

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The Republican Party is proposing humanitarian legislation to build up character, to establish independence, not pauperism; it will in the future, as in the past, ever stand opposed to the establishment of one class who shall live on the Government, and another class who shall pay the taxes.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge outlines the Republican Party's commitment to humanitarian legislation that fosters independence.

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