In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you. (Calvin Coolidge)

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

Calvin Coolidge

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