Harry Truman: “I am hoping that the war of nerves will cease, that everybody will get in the mood for general world peace.”

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

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 built the Bureau of Reclamation's great new Hungry Horse Dam in Montana not as an isolated structure, but as a part of the Columbia Basin system.

There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances.