Harry Truman: “Surely we will not turn our backs on the millions of human beings begging for just a crust of bread.”

Mrs. Beth Campbell Short may be appointed to a permanent competitive position in the classified civil service of the United States without regard to the competitive provisions of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations.

I made a 14,400-mile trip to get a lot of misinformation.

I can't see any good purpose to be served by that.

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.