Harry Truman: “Safety is fundamentally a private and personal responsibility which each of us must recognize and accept.”

The course of action you recommend has my approval.

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.

That is his duty. That is his duty.

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