Harry Truman: “We had to build supports to keep the whole thing from falling down.”

No, there's no reason for me to see him.

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.

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