That is the sound basis for the distribution of wealth and the only one.
Calvin Coolidge: “That is the sound basis for the distribution of wealth and the only one.”
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Coolidge asserts that profit is the only sound basis for wealth distribution, emphasizing its importance in economic systems.
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