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Calvin Coolidge: “It was never flaunted for the glory of royalty, but to be born under it is to be a child of a king, and to establish a…”

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It was never flaunted for the glory of royalty, but to be born under it is to be a child of a king, and to establish a home under it is to be the founder of a royal house.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge asserts that the American flag embodies the people's sovereignty.

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