"President Calvin Coolidge on Freemasonry"

President Calvin Coolidge had quite the reputation of being a person of a few words.

One time while attending a public function a young lady said to him,

"Mr. President, I made a bet that I can get you to say three words."

To which he replied, "You lose."

Although he was not a Mason, he was not stingy with words when he talked about Freemasonry.

While Governor of Massachusetts, he addressed the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and said:

"It has not been my fortune to know very much about Freemasonry,
but I have had the great fortune to know many Freemasons,
and I have been able in that way to judge the tree by its fruits.

I know of your high ideals.
I have seen that you hold your meeting in the presence of the Bible,
and I know that men who observe that formality have high sentiments of citizenship,
of worth, and of character.
That is the strength of our Commonwealth and Nation."

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