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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge
Age: 60 †
Born: 1872
Born: July 4
Died: 1933
Died: January 5
30Th U.S. President
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