Calvin Coolidge actually said...

The people of Porto Rico are citizens of the United States, with all the rights and privileges of other citizens of the United States

There is no disposition in America, and certainly not on my part, to discourage any reasonable aspiration of the people of Porto Rico

It would not be difficult to show that the present status of Porto Rico is far more liberal than any status of its entire history

The Porto Rican Government at present exercises a greater degree of sovereignty over its own internal affairs than does the Government of an...