Harry Truman actually said...

"Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if in our civil affairs we had fighters for the right like these two young men."

"I want to call your attention to those two citations--among the most remarkable I have ever read."

"We should join in constructing the seaway, first, because it is important to our national security."

"We can have an adequate voice in setting the tolls on all these cargoes only if we join in constructing the seaway."