Harry Truman: “I see no reason for it.”

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.

Members of the armed forces of the United States who are awarded the decoration established by this order are authorized to wear the medal and the ribbon symbolic of the award, as may be authorized by uniform regulations approved by the…

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

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