Harry Truman: “I want to say to you gentlemen that I hope you will have a pleasant time.”

We venerate these documents not because they are old, not because they are valuable historical relics, but because they still have meaning for us.

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.

The experience of this early period of public action showed that constant vigilance and competent professional guidance are essential to prevent irreparable losses.