Harry Truman actually said...

"It takes its place among the other giants of the American West--Boulder, Bonneville, Grand Coulee, Shasta--the giants with whose help the people of the United States are creating a rich new industrial..."

"In every way that you can imagine, the Northwest is a richer and happier, more productive and more independent region than it was before these dams were built."

"It is your business to find out just exactly what your interest in the Government is, because the fundamental power in the Government of the United States is in the people."

"You can't vote unless you have registered."