Harry Truman: “Minnesota gave the Democratic ticket the thing that counts--11 votes in the electoral college--and I needed them in…”

The course of action you recommend has my approval.

I wouldn't take any, now. It's a little late.

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.