Harry Truman actually said...

This bill would undermine the soundness of our Government finances at a time when world peace depends upon the strength of the United States.

Veto of the Income Tax Reduction Bill

03/31/1948

More Harry Truman Quotes

I am just as strongly in favor of it today as I have ever been.

It is clear that we could not possibly make available the installations and trained military manpower to put a universal training program in...

It does not seem to me immediately necessary for the Congress to enact universal training legislation.

I am very much in favor of universal training legislation.