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We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation.

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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