Harry Truman actually said...

"To suggest the contrary is to slander our institutions and defame our ideals and our aspirations."

"There are those who claim that this treaty is an aggressive act on the part of the nations which ring the North Atlantic."

"We rededicate ourselves to that obligation, and propose this North Atlantic Treaty as one of the means to carry it out."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, it is ordered as follows:"