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Calvin Coolidge: “Those who attempt to lead people on in this expectation only add to their burdens and their dangers.”

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Those who attempt to lead people on in this expectation only add to their burdens and their dangers.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge emphasizes the dangers of misleading people with false hopes.

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