Harry Truman: “In performing the duties of my office, I need the help and the prayers of every one of you.”

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.

We know that large reserves of generating capacity are vital to economic health and to national security.

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

Without multiple-purpose river basin development, I believe that few of these accomplishments would have been possible.