Harry Truman: “I haven't received the telegrams.”

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…

The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.

There is hereby established a medal to be known as the National Security Medal with accompanying ribbons and appurtenances.

The longer I live, the more I am impressed by the significance of our simple official oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.