Harry Truman

His service on the Supreme Court of the United States was characterized by his high sense of duty, his great legal learning and the clarity of his judicial reasoning.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

In cases in which aircraft of the War Department or of the Navy Department are flown by Army or Navy personnel on special missions for the exclusive use of other Federal agencies on official Government business connected with the…

I am sure I speak for every American when I say that the United States is determined to do everything in is power to relieve the famine of half the world.

The time for talk has passed. The time for action is here.

Surely we will not turn our backs on the millions of human beings begging for just a crust of bread.

America cannot remain healthy and happy in the same world where millions of human beings are starving.

We have a high responsibility, as Americans, to go to their rescue.

Every slice of bread, every ounce of fat and oil saved by your voluntary sacrifice, will keep starving people alive.

Once again I appeal to all Americans to sacrifice, so that others may live.

I have never seen a bunch of newspapermen who were backward.

That depends on the actions of Mr. Peron himself.

Our relations with Russia are as cordial as they have always been.

It is absolutely essential that selective service be extended for another year, if we are to carry out our commitments in the occupied countries.

Arrangements would be made for a large meeting in New York City and for others elsewhere.

The 4th of July, nineteen hundred and forty-six!

If that bill should become law, it would wreck OPA; but just because it has passed the House doesn't necessarily mean that it will become law.

The atomic bomb experiment will take place July 1st, if I remain President until that day.

It's a pleasure to have you here, and I will be glad to answer questions if I do know the answers.

A return to rationing is impossible at this time.

AN URGENT NEED has developed in this country to bring forcibly and dramatically to public attention, as a spur to the food-for-famine-effort, the facts about conditions in Europe which your visit and inquiries have brought to light.

Well, I sincerely hope that we will manage to get control of the Missouri River.

I don't know enough about that situation to give you an gent answer.

That's a humdinger, Daniels.

I have never seen such a dry--dry newspaper conference in my life!