It gives a man a feeling of great humility, and a feeling of great inadequacy, when he hears the wonderful statements which have been made here tonight about his responsibilities and his ability.
Address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.
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I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.
It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.
The longer I live, the more I am impressed by the significance of our simple official oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.
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