Harry Truman: “Today, of course, we are no longer concerned with expanding the territory of the United States.”

I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.

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

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.

I am happy to join with you in the recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Civil Service merit system.