Harry Truman: “All they wanted was to have somebody talk to them about the issues.”

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.

The people of the United States have a very great asset in this force.

It is my fervent hope as I leave the Office of the Presidency that recent reckless attacks which can destroy that great asset will subside and that we will continue to go forward in creating a skilled corps of men and women with a public…

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.