Harry Truman actually said...

"The country is stronger economically than it has ever been before."

"I believe in operating the Government's finances on a sound basis."

"But the main point I want to make is that, although the Federal expenditures are very large, they are all made for purposes that are necessary to our national welfare; and our budget is as tight and s..."

"We can't repudiate the signed obligations of the Government of the United States, and we don't intend to."