Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"Such actions are always taken on the assumption that they are a public benefit."

"No more enticing subject for discussion exists than the success with which our country has been blessed from the Revolutionary period down to the present hour."

"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."