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Calvin Coolidge: This is purely a business question, which should be stripped of all local and partisan bias and decided on broad…

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This is purely a business question, which should be stripped of all local and partisan bias and decided on broad principles and its merits in order to promote the public welfare.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge emphasizes the importance of making business decisions based on broad principles for the public good.

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