Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"It seems to me that it is almost entirely a European political subject in which we can't take any very helpful part."

"I don't think I can make any comment relative to the proposals of the French and German Governments for a security pact [the Locarno Agreements] for the guarantee of European peace."

"I don't know any way that America could cooperate in that."

"Well, I want constant effort in that direction, a constant checking up by the department to see whether they have any more employees than is necessary to carry on the work of the department."