Harry Truman: “I come before the American people tonight at a time of great crisis.”

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.

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

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.