Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"I don't think I can make any comment relative to the proposals of the French and German Governments for a security pact [the Locarno Agreements] for the guarantee of European peace."

"It is with a good deal of difficulty that they are discharged."

"NO, that is for every department to work out itself."

"Well, I want constant effort in that direction, a constant checking up by the department to see whether they have any more employees than is necessary to carry on the work of the department."