"In my second term there was considerable speculation as to whether I was likely to change or not. I did not anticipate to change very much. I tried in the conduct of my office to be natural and I didn't want to change that attitude. Now, there were two or three others that served with me in the conduct of the affairs of the United States and I should have been pleased if they had changed a little. Then I could have changed from saying: 'No' to saying: 'Yes' to them."
- Calvin Coolidge: "More Than Two Words"
The closest Coolidge comes to advocating an unnecessary expenditure of money is in his address dedicating work about to begin on Mount Rushmore on August 10, 1927