"After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.“


-Calvin Coolidge

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After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.

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