Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"If every individual will adopt and practice the simple precautionary measures advocated as fire prevention safeguards, fire hazards and their consequences will be materially reduced."

"While efforts should be made constantly to reduce fire destruction to a minimum, in pursuance of a well established precedent, one week is set aside each year during which the urgent need of preventin..."

"This may well be the starting point for a continuous fire prevention program extending over the entire country."

"The conservation of man power and material wealth from such destruction is a challenge to the progress of our civilization."