Calvin Coolidge actually said...

Certainly, I have no desire to do that and shouldn't want to be thought so lacking in appreciation of a man of his abilities as to think that he wasn't well qualified for any position in the Cabinet that he would be willing to accept.

Context

Excerpts of the President's News Conference

04/18/1927

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