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No system has been devised, I do not think any system could be devised, under which any person living in this country could escape being affected by the cost of our government.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “No system has been devised, I do not think any system could be devised, under which any person living in this country…”
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Coolidge emphasizes that everyone in the country is impacted by government costs.
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