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Calvin Coolidge: “I want the people of all the earth to see in the American flag the symbol of a Government which intends no oppression at…”

On the recordApril 21, 1925
I want the people of all the earth to see in the American flag the symbol of a Government which intends no oppression at home and no aggression abroad, and which in the spirit of common brotherhood provides assistance in time of distress.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Remarks on Phonofilm to the Friars Club in New York City

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