Harry Truman: “All you have to do to avoid a mistake like the 80th Congress is to come out and vote on November 2d.”

I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

I feel the Committee has done a thorough job of investigation and I wish to call your attention to these suggestions, some of which, I am sure, would be helpful.

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.