Harry Truman actually said...

It is a simple document, but if it had existed in 1914 and in 1939, supported by the nations who are represented here today, I believe it wo...

Even without that agreement, which we still hope for, we shall do as much as we can.

In taking steps to prevent aggression against our own peoples, we have no purpose of aggression against other peoples.

We rededicate ourselves to that obligation, and propose this North Atlantic Treaty as one of the means to carry it out.