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Calvin Coolidge: When you deny the right to a profit you deny the right of a reward to thrift and industry.

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When you deny the right to a profit you deny the right of a reward to thrift and industry.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge warns that denying the right to profit undermines the rewards for hard work and thrift, emphasizing the value of industry.

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