Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"When authority is located afar off, it is necessarily less well informed, less sympathetic, and less responsive to public requirements."

"In spite of every discouragement that has arisen, the general results have demonstrated that the correct theory was adopted."

"Such actions are always taken on the assumption that they are a public benefit."

"Without clear comprehension of the direction from which we have come, we can not chart the direction in which we should go."