Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"There are a great many Americans that go over there that undertake to say and do things that do not represent the position of the American Government and I think oftentimes result in misleading foreig..."

"We have a great deal of that in Europe."

"I never knew of any preliminary movement on the part of this Government to re-establish diplomatic relations with Russia."

"Of course, our diplomatic relations suffer somewhat, I suppose all countries do, from volunteer activities of people without any authority."