Harry Truman: “I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.”

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

I feel the Committee has done a thorough job of investigation and I wish to call your attention to these suggestions, some of which, I am sure, would be helpful.

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.