Harry Truman: “I am thinking of the shortage of steel in civilian consumption, right now.”

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

The Constitution is a living force--it is a growing thing.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…

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