Harry Truman actually said...

"To maintain the integrity of the public debt, we must now reduce it by substantial amounts."

"The timing of such a program is highly important to achieve economic stability, to promote the investment of capital, and to maintain employment, purchasing power and high levels of production."

"A good tax reduction bill would give a greater proportion of relief to the low income group."

"A time of high employment and high prices, wages, and profits, such as the present, calls for a surplus in Government revenue over expenditures and the application of all or much of this surplus to th..."