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