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Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

Warren G. Harding

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Warren G. Harding
Age: 57 †
Born: 1865
Born: November 2
Died: 1923
Died: August 2
29Th U.S. President
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Blooming Grove
Ohio
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
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