Harry Truman: “Authorizing the Appointment of Robert J. Barrett to a Position as Captain in the Metropolitan Police”

That is his duty. That is his duty.

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.

We know that large reserves of generating capacity are vital to economic health and to national security.