Harry Truman: “Now, gentlemen, I have never felt as strongly about anything as I do about this situation.”

As far as I am concerned.

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

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.