Harry Truman: “It is a practical matter that is being worked out as fast as we can work it out.”

The experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.

The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

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