The President's News Conference
09/04/1946
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The longer I live, the more I am impressed by the significance of our simple official oath to uphold and defend the Cons...
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and th...
You can't run the Government without it.
My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.