Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"I suppose it will go to the Court of Claims to be decided whether the Commission has the right to make a retroactive finding."

"It looked at one time, you will recall, as though there might be a very extended debate on the peace treaty, but all at once the Senate agreed and were able to take a vote on it."

"The Senate has a way of reaching a vote when it wants to and I have no doubt that that will be the result on the cruiser bill."

"It is never possible to make much of a determination in advance of what the action of the Senate will be relative to the time of securing a vote on any question that is pending there."