Calvin Coolidge: “We may as well abandon hope and, yielding to the demands of selfishness, each take what he can.”

I am having rather more trouble in getting out of the White House than I had in getting in.

Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and the subjects therein shall be given such relative weights as the commission may prescribe.

I do not contemplate any trips to foreign countries after the 4th of March.

All competitors rated at 70 or more shall be eligible for appointment, and their names shall be placed on the proper register, according to their ratings.