Harry Truman actually said...

It was the great Persian Empire that gave us the fundamentals of our laws and our constitution today.

Toast of the President at a Dinner Given in His Honor by the Shah of Iran

11/17/1949

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You want to know who the stabilization director will be? I can't tell you at this minute.

That has been discussed throughout the Government, and we haven't arrived at a conclusion on it as yet.

I think they are making great progress, and I think before they get through they will have attained their objectives.

I am more than happy that they are here.