Harry Truman: “The foreign policy of this country transcends in importance any other question confronting us.”

I enjoin upon all officers of the United States charged with the execution of the laws thereof the utmost diligence in preventing violations of section 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and this proclamation, including the…

The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.