Harry Truman actually said...

I have been President of the United States since the 12th of April 1945, about 4 years and 3 months--a little over--and that's the 'derndest...

The formation of foreign policy on the part of the democratic nations may be a slow and painful process, but the results endure.

The world longs for the kind of tolerance and mutual adjustment which is represented by democratic principles.

We hope that an enduring peace could be built on these ties of friendship.