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It is not the enactment, but the observance of laws, that creates the character of a nation.
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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Plymouth Notch
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John Calvin Coolidge Jr.
John Calvin Coolidge
President Coolidge
J. C. Coolidge
C. Coolidge
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I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.
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Eat it up, make it do, wear it out.
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I always enjoy animal acts.
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