Harry Truman: “The most pressing problem is that of flood control.”

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.