Harry Truman actually said...

We must stop these rampaging floods and this terrible damage to farms and farm buildings, to homes and business districts in towns and cities.

Letter to Senator McKdlar on the Need for Restoring Funds for Flood Control.

04/24/1952

More Harry Truman Quotes

He has been trying to quit for some time.

I want to impress it on our citizens that their best contribution in this case will be to stay at home.

The American armies must be moved from the victorious battlefields of Europe to meet and wipe out the tyranny of the East.

No, I won't veto it.