My own thought about the situation at the present time is that I would like it if the country could think as little as possible about the Government and give their time and attention more undividedly about the conduct of the private business of our country.
Calvin Coolidge: “My own thought about the situation at the present time is that I would like it if the country could think as little as…”
On the recordApril 30, 1925
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