The President's News Conference
01/24/1951
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This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.
My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.
The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.
It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and th...