Harry Truman: “It is also due to your foresight that agriculture has not gone into the decline which was so disastrous to American…”

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.

The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.