Harry Truman actually said...

"Under present conditions the essential need of the Federal Government in the area of civil defense is peacetime planning and preparation for civil defense in the event of war, rather than operation of..."

"This organization to which you belong is one of the pillars of the Government of the United States."

"I have concluded that the National Security Resources Board, which is charged with advising me concerning the coordination of such overall mobilization planning, is the appropriate agency which should..."

"Don't let anybody tell you that by effort and by hard work you can't reach the top in the profession, if you want to, because people who try to work and want to work are as scarce as the proverbial he..."