Harry Truman actually said...

They have unanimously advised me that disclosure of loyalty files would be contrary to the public interest, and would do much more harm than good.

Letters Regarding Disclosure of Confidential Files on Employee Loyalty.

03/27/1950

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Well, you had better read your history and find out.

We simply cannot afford a penny-wise-pound-foolish attitude about the cost of adequate civil defense.

It was a message from me to Stalin to get out of Persia.

It did not hurt the Republic. In fact, it made the Republic better.