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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
Approximate author period: c. 1902 AD · modern
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- Calvin Coolidge
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- Approximate author period: c. 1902 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Calvin Coolidge, based on documented lifetime 1872 to 1933. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36023 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36023 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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