Harry Truman: “I am very appreciative of your thoughtfulness in giving me this plaque.”

The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.

The experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.

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

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.