November 22, 1927
I do not approve of the circulation of a petition, such as has been reported in the morning press, requesting me to run for President in 1928. I don't see that any good could come from it. I hope it will be discontinued.
Source: "The Talkative President: The Off-the-Record Press Conferences of Calvin Coolidge". eds. Howard H. Quint & Robert H. Ferrell. The University Massachusetts Press. 1964.
Calvin Coolidge, Excerpts of the President's News Conference Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/349220