Harry Truman: “In 1865 no man alive could have succeeded Abraham Lincoln without being subject to unfavorable comparisons.”

The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.

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.

The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.

The decoration established by this order shall be awarded by the President of the United States or, under regulations approved by him, by such person or persons as he may designate.