Harry Truman: “The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to take possession of any and all such mines”

The course of action you recommend has my approval.

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

It is my fervent hope as I leave the Office of the Presidency that recent reckless attacks which can destroy that great asset will subside and that we will continue to go forward in creating a skilled corps of men and women with a public…

Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.