While Coolidge was governor of Massachusetts, two of the state senators had an argument, which ended in one telling the other that he could “go to Hell.”\u00c2\u00a0 The insulted politician went to see Coolidge to ask him to do something about it.\u00c2\u00a0 Coolidge said calmly, “I have looked up the law, Senator, and you don’t have to go.”<\/p>\n
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During his presidency, Coolidge was taken around the horticultural conservatories of Pierre S Du Pont’s estate at Longwood, Pennsylvania.\u00c2\u00a0 The party passed through greenhouses containing magnificent orchids, extraordinary and grotesque cacti, and exquisite tropical ferns, none of which brought a word of comment from the president.\u00c2\u00a0 At last they came to the conservatory devoted to tropical trees.\u00c2\u00a0 The president gazed about him for a few seconds and observed with interest, ‘Bananas.”
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Coolidge was once invited to break ground for the cornerstone of a public building.\u00c2\u00a0 Having performed his ceremonial duty, he was expected to make a speech.\u00c2\u00a0 Pointing to the broken earth, he observed solemnly, “That’s a mighty fine fishworm,” and then departed.
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President Coolidge had a group of guests on the presidential yacht cruising the Potomac.\u00c2\u00a0 As he stood alone at the rail, looking at the expanse of water, someone exclaimed, “Look at that sight and slender figure!\u00c2\u00a0 Look at that head, bowed over the rail.\u00c2\u00a0 What thoughts are in the mind of this man, burdened by the problems of the nation?”\u00c2\u00a0 Finally Coolidge turned around and joined the others, saying, “See that\u00c2\u00a0 sea gull over there?\u00c2\u00a0 Been watching it for twenty minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 Hasn’t moved.\u00c2\u00a0 I think he’s dead.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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