Harry Truman actually said...

"I hope you will forgive us if we leave you immediately."

"Mr. Kaltenborn was saying, 'While the President is a million votes ahead of the popular vote, when the country vote comes in, Mr. Truman will be defeated by an overwhelming majority.'"

"I called the Secret Service men in, and I said, 'We'd better go back to Kansas City, it looks as if I'm elected!'"

"In no sense did I feel that anything unusual had happened to me."