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Calvin Coolidge: It ought to be understood, however, that there can be no remedy for lack of industry and thrift, secured by law.

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It ought to be understood, however, that there can be no remedy for lack of industry and thrift, secured by law.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge asserts that no law can remedy a lack of personal industry and thrift.

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