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Calvin Coolidge: I do not profess that we can secure an era of perfection in human existence, but we can provide an era of peace and…

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I do not profess that we can secure an era of perfection in human existence, but we can provide an era of peace and prosperity, attended with freedom and justice and made more and more satisfying by the ministrations of the charities and humanities of life.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge acknowledges the imperfection of human existence but advocates for a peaceful and prosperous society.

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