Harry Truman: “I never had any fear of bankers.”

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

The ultimate responsibility is mine in any event.

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

This ceremony could be no more than a magnificent burial.