Harry Truman actually said...

I said then, and I repeat now, that in a democracy, this power should not rest with the Chief Executive.

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on Succession to the Presidency.

02/04/1947

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It has taken us a long time to discover that agriculture is the fundamental basis on which we all live.

It took us a long time to discover that farm credit and farm management are the two most important things of the foundation of a republic.

The world is full of ideas, it is whirling with ideas and it is a good thing.

It shall be understood that the term of copyright in any case is not and cannot be altered or affected by this proclamation,