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Calvin Coolidge: We have no possessions that are coveted by others; they have none that are coveted by us.

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We have no possessions that are coveted by others; they have none that are coveted by us.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge asserts that the U.S. has no coveted possessions and is not desired by others.

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