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We have generally supposed that economic power was not with the people, because they did not own the property.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “We have generally supposed that economic power was not with the people, because they did not own the property.”
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Coolidge discusses the common assumption regarding economic power and property ownership among the populace.
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