Harry Truman actually said...

I think it would be a tragedy for the present Republican candidate to be elected President of the United States.

We have never had abler men to head the Democratic ticket than we have in Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman.

I think we have the best platform any political party ever adopted, and think the Republican platform is about the worst one I ever read.

They have shown by their record that they stand for the interests of the common everyday man.