The President's News Conference
07/11/1951
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I believe that God intended for this Nation to lead the way to peace for all men, and that we are going ahead to lead it...
I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.
The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.
The weapons of destruction have become so powerful and so terrible that we can't even think of another all-out war.