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"Coolidge: Sins. Mrs. Coolidge: Well, what did he say about it? Coolidge: He was against it."

— Calvin Coolidge

January 1, 1970

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Presidents of the United States Politicians from Massachusetts Autobiographers from the United States Politicians from Vermont United States presidential candidates, 1932

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Author Nigel Rees claims this is apocryphal: — The taciturn President became famous for monosyllabic replies. A story from the twenties has Mrs. Coolidge asking him the subject of a sermon he had heard. "Sin," he answered. When prompted to elaborate on the clergyman's theme, Coolidge is said to have replied: "He was against it." Coolidge remarked that this story would have been funnier if it had been true. — Nigel Rees, Sayings of the Century, page 67.

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Author Nigel Rees claims this is apocryphal: — The taciturn President became famous for monosyllabic replies. A story from the twenties has Mrs. Coolidge asking him the subject of a sermon he had heard. "Sin," he answered. When prompted to elaborate on the clergyman's theme, Coolidge is said to have replied: "He was against it." Coolidge remarked that this story would have been funnier if it had been true. — Nigel Rees, Sayings of the Century, page 67.