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Calvin Coolidge: “It is an avoidance of waste that there may be the means for an outlay to-day which will bring larger returns to-morrow.”

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It is an avoidance of waste that there may be the means for an outlay to-day which will bring larger returns to-morrow.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

He argues that avoiding wasteful spending can create opportunities for future investments that yield greater returns.

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