Calvin Coolidge actually said...

Now, whether those proposals may be modified as the result of conference and discussion, I don't know.

The proposals that have been presented, as I understand them, call for the building of a larger navy than we should wish to agree to.

I doubt if I can continue horseback riding after I get back to the capital, and I don't know what I shall do about taking the horse that was...

I told him I would take it under consideration and expressed the hope that I might be able to attend.