Harry Truman
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman is known for his decisive leadership during the final months of World War II, including the controversial decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which contributed to Japan's surrender. He also played a significant role in the early stages of the Cold War, implementing the Truman Doctrine to contain communism and establishing NATO.
Dec 14, 1952
We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.
Dec 14, 1952
The Constitution belongs to no one group of people and to no single branch of the Government.
Dec 10, 1952
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.
Dec 10, 1952
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.
Dec 10, 1952
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.
Dec 10, 1952
Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.
Dec 3, 1952
I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.
Dec 3, 1952
My decision should not be interpreted as establishing any new pattern or policy.
Dec 3, 1952
The same reasons which keep other workers from wishing to become coal miners also keep them from expecting---or their employers from offering--wage increases to match every increase the miner receives.
Nov 30, 1952
In this celebration let us join with the peoples of the other free nations of the world in recognition of our common purpose to defend and further the rights and freedoms of all people as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human…
Nov 24, 1952
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:
Nov 24, 1952
The following-described tract of land located at Opihipau, North Kohala, Island of Hawaii, Territory of Hawaii, constituting the Upolu Point Military Reservation, is hereby restored to the possession, use, and control of the Territory of…
Nov 24, 1952
I am concerned that the program outlined above be initiated at the earliest practicable date.
Nov 22, 1952
There are some who foolishly say that religion is dead or dying in this country.
Nov 20, 1952
The weapons of destruction have become so powerful and so terrible that we can't even think of another all-out war.
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