Harry Truman: “The time has come now for you to choose our successors and to elect a Congress to serve with them.”

As far as I am concerned.

The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

I can't see any good purpose to be served by that.