Harry Truman: “If you gentlemen will give me a lift on that, this breakfast will have been worthwhile.”

I am happy to join with you in the recognition of the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Federal Civil Service merit system.

We know that large reserves of generating capacity are vital to economic health and to national security.

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

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