Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"Quite naturally I thought I would like to confide it to the newspapermen first."

"I do not expect that the failure to reach an agreement at Geneva will have any serious effect upon the peace of the world."

"It is too early to tell just what will be the effect of the conference we held."

"Well, that is a matter to be taken up in the future and on which at the present time I would express absolutely no opinion."