Harry Truman: “And as the most powerful nation in the world, we have to assume world responsibilities.”

The decoration established by this order shall be awarded by the President of the United States or, under regulations approved by him, by such person or persons as he may designate.

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

I feel the Committee has done a thorough job of investigation and I wish to call your attention to these suggestions, some of which, I am sure, would be helpful.

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.