Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"In spite of every discouragement that has arisen, the general results have demonstrated that the correct theory was adopted."

"Without clear comprehension of the direction from which we have come, we can not chart the direction in which we should go."

"It is impossible to comprehend the problems of the present without being informed concerning the problems of the past."

"When authority is located afar off, it is necessarily less well informed, less sympathetic, and less responsive to public requirements."