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Calvin Coolidge: “Its weakness is the weakness of us imperfect human beings who administer it.”

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Its weakness is the weakness of us imperfect human beings who administer it.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

This quote acknowledges the inherent flaws in human administration of government.

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