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Calvin Coolidge: Some of our teachers, out of a like discontent, will listen too willingly to revolutionary doctrines which have not…

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Some of our teachers, out of a like discontent, will listen too willingly to revolutionary doctrines which have not originated in meeting-houses but are the importations of those who lack nothing but the power to destroy all that our civilization holds dear.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

He expresses concern that discontent among teachers may lead them to embrace destructive ideologies.

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