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Calvin Coolidge: “While, as I have said, we must safeguard our liberty to deal according to our own judgment with our domestic policies…”

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While, as I have said, we must safeguard our liberty to deal according to our own judgment with our domestic policies, we can not fail to view with sympathetic interest all progress to this desired end or carefully to study the measures that may be proposed to attain it.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge emphasizes the importance of maintaining liberty while being open to progress in domestic policies.

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