On the recordMay 26, 1947
No lesser objective is commensurate with the productive capacity and resources of the country or with the dignity which a true democracy accords the individual citizen.
Source
presidency.ucsb.eduNo lesser objective is commensurate with the productive capacity and resources of the country or with the dignity which a true democracy accords the individual citizen.
Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 3 of 1947.
Share
More from Harry Truman
I do not. General MacArthur is in the Army, and on active duty, and if he has anything that is of use to the Defense Department, he ought to tell them so they can make use of it.
We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.