Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"I don't expect to take any part in the organization of the House and Senate."

"As I have heard nothing about it from the State Department for some time I had taken it for granted that the situation was cleared up."

"I haven't any plan for the immediate withdrawal of the United States Marines that are now acting as a legation guard in Nicaragua."

"It seems to me that the Senators themselves can pick out the persons they desire to have for their leader and the other officers of the Senate, and the same is true in respect to the House."