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The Government can not successfully insure prosperity or fix prices by legislative fiat.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “The Government can not successfully insure prosperity or fix prices by legislative fiat.”
Editor's note · Context
Coolidge asserts that the government cannot create prosperity through legislation alone.
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