Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union
01/04/1949
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I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.
The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.
The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.
Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.