英语词汇i do not choose to run的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	i do not choose to run
词源	I do not choose to run. Said to be the words of President Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge when reporters were questioning him about whether he would run for re-election. Coolidge, in fact, said nothing at all. He passed out sheets of paper with the words written on them—“I do not choose to run for President in 1928.” See alice blue; coolidge effect.
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