Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"There isn't much that can be done in the matter of reducing the personnel, but I have to stress that question some all the time, otherwise there is a tendency to load up the service with un-necessary ..."

"I am hoping to hold it about where it is. Perhaps we can make a little reduction here and there."

"The only reports I have ever had in relation to Ambassador Sheffield are those that praised his conduct."

"I have never had any criticism."