Harry Truman: “I think that the backbone of the defense of this country is in its civilian components.”

We have learned that the mark of a well-managed land lies in the care a Nation gives to its rivers.

Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized to wear the medal and the ribbon symbolic of the award, as may be authorized by uniform regulations approved by the…

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.