Harry Truman actually said...

"They are both key positions in the national defense of the United States on its western borders."

"I am not one of those who thinks that another world war is inevitable."

"We are going to get the truth to those people, and we won't have to do it with guns, I am sure."

"I am sincerely sorry about the casualties, but somebody has to meet these situations; they can't be met with sticks and stones--somebody is bound to get hurt."