Harry Truman actually said...

"This is the place where it is my duty, sometimes, to pin Medals of Honor on men who have earned them at the front-the highest honor that can come to anyone in the military services."

"I withdraw my approval of the three certificates for air service to Mexico issued to Eastern Air Lines, Braniff Airways, and Western Air Lines, described above."

"I hereby suspend, from and including the effective date of the said acts, compliance with the provisions of the said sections"

"I direct the Civil Aeronautics Board, upon execution of such a bilateral agreement, to take all steps necessary and appropriate to accomplish at the earliest possible moment the pattern of air transpo..."