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Quote from Calvin Coolidge,


If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.


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Calvin Coolidge (more quotes by Calvin Coolidge or books by/about Calvin Coolidge)


(1872-1933) 30th US President

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In a speech commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

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Declaration, Integrity, Power, Equality, Law, Individual Rights, Government, Consent, Progress, Jurisdiction

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