Harry Truman

The Virgin Islands Company is our greatest hope for the stabilization of the economy of St. Croix, and I sincerely hope the Congress is going to recharter it.

We must all be ready with enterprise and courage to make the most of these new developments, and through them to reach the higher standard of living we all strive for.

I am very happy to be here today to have this opportunity to visit St. Croix and to see for myself what this part of our American family is doing to meet our common problems.

I propose that we meet that challenge head on.

I haven't discussed it with anybody.

I have no comment to make on that question.

I don't know enough about the situation, only just what I read in the papers.

I am going to keep telling Congress just what the situation is, and the Congress will have to act itself.

They are both--I say they are both without foundation.

Certainly. I always have.

It seems to me that I heard a question like that last year, about what they were going to do to my budget.

Every President has that.

No, I cannot. The Treasury is using it for a storehouse now.

I feel just as I did at that time.

The Constitution, containing the Bill of Rights, was the only document considered in the writing of that message.

Every American has a right to do as he pleases in a political campaign.

I have instructed the Secretary of Defense to take steps to have the remaining instances of discrimination in the armed services eliminated as rapidly as possible.

The protection of civil rights begins with the mutual respect for the rights of others which all of us should practice in our daily lives.

It is a principle of our democracy, written into our Constitution, that every person accused of an offense against the law shall have a fair, orderly trial in an impartial court.

Federal protection of the right to vote is essential to ensuring the full enjoyment of civil rights for all.

The protection of civil rights is the duty of every government which derives its powers from the consent of the people.

If we wish to inspire the peoples of the world whose freedom is in jeopardy, if we wish to restore hope to those who have already lost their civil liberties, if we wish to fulfill the promise that is ours, we must correct the remaining…

These bodies together should keep all of us continuously aware of the condition of civil rights in the United States and keep us alert to opportunities to improve their protection.

We believe that all men should have a voice in their government and that government should protect, not usurp, the rights of the people.

We must protect our civil rights so that by providing all our people with the maximum enjoyment of personal freedom and personal opportunity we shall be a stronger nation--stronger in our leadership, stronger in our moral position…