Harry Truman actually said...

Without such authority and resources the President cannot be held accountable for the conduct of Federal administration.

Special Message to the Congress on Reorganization of the Executive Branch of the Government.

05/08/1949

More Harry Truman Quotes

I am going to keep telling Congress just what the situation is, and the Congress will have to act itself.

I don't know enough about the situation, only just what I read in the papers.

No, I cannot. The Treasury is using it for a storehouse now.

Every President has that.