Harry Truman: “The papers of Abraham Lincoln were scattered from one end of the country to the other.”

No more than one National Security Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for subsequent services justifying an award, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with the Medal.

Without multiple-purpose river basin development, I believe that few of these accomplishments would have been possible.

Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized to wear the medal and the ribbon symbolic of the award, as may be authorized by uniform regulations approved by the…

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