Harry Truman actually said...

"The results to be obtained from the operation of the Foundation far outweigh its cost."

"The Foundation is much more than a new executive agency added to those already in existence with a research mission."

"No one can successfully dispute the importance of maintaining and increasing in this country the vitality of the basic research upon which all technological development-and therefore our economic prog..."

"As long as the Federal Government continues to be the largest factor in the national research effort, it must frankly face the responsibility to insure that this effort is conceived and executed sound..."