Harry Truman: “The Navy now not only has the surface of the sea to look after, but the air over it, and the water beneath.”

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

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

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

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.