Harry Truman actually said...

We should not impair our moral position by enacting a law that requires a discrimination based on race.

Memorandum of Disapproval of Bill Requiring Segregation in Certain Schools on Federal Property.

11/01/1951

More Harry Truman Quotes

In this country, foreign policy is not made by the decisions of a few.

In 1945, on the 12th day of April, we were in the midst of two of the most terrible wars that have ever been fought.

We are going to maintain the peace and make the United Nations a going and militant organization for the welfare of the world as a whole.

The kind of peace we seek cannot be won at a single stroke or by a single nation.