Political Quotes

Calvin Coolidge: I think you have done rather better than I could have done, if I had undertaken to sit down twice a week and dictated a…

On the recordSeptember 13, 1926
I think you have done rather better than I could have done, if I had undertaken to sit down twice a week and dictated a statement to be given out.
Said by
Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Excerpts of the President's News Conference at White Pine Camp in Paul Smiths, New York

Share

More from Calvin Coolidge

Feb 26, 1929

Mr. Clifford C. Marsh may be reinstated as Assistant Postmaster at Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, without regard to the time limit fixed by the civil service rules.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 15, 1929

Beginning at a point described as Monument #124 located on the southerly line of Rockaway Beach Boulevard (running East & West) running 331.2 feet North 69°49'38\ East; thence 1383.6 feet South 24°00'38\" East; thence 196.5 feet South…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Mar 1, 1929

Mrs. Jeannette J. Donahue, widow of Mr. Peter A. Donahue who died April 13, 1928, after many years of service in the Immigration Service, may be reinstated to an appropriate position in the Department of Labor without regard to the time…

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 7, 1929

I always tell people that I have so many places still to go to in the United States that I don't know when those will be so much exhausted that I will arrive at a time when I can visit other countries.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation