
A President may dismiss the abuse of scoundrels, but to be denounced by honest men honestly outraged is a test of greatness that none but the strongest men survive.
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A President may dismiss the abuse of scoundrels, but to be denounced by honest men honestly outraged is a test of greatness that none but the strongest men survive.

In these new estimates, not one of the three has diminished in stature.

Jackson, Polk, and Johnson are gone. Yet they are forever a part of North Carolina.

It has a message that is not only true as to the past, but it is also encouraging as to the future.

Because they lived through days when reason was overcome by emotion, their acts were misunderstood and misinterpreted.

To attempt to correct injustice by disunion is to apply a remedy that is worse than the disease.

I think Charles Keck is the greatest sculptor of his time.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948, approved June 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 604), I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed in part by…

So long as I am President, the United States will not carry a chip on its shoulder.

The world has learned that it is weakness and appeasement that invite aggression.

The Government of the United States rejects the concept of war as a means of solving international differences.

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917, I hereby revoke the said Executive Orders No. 589 of March 14, 1907, and No. 1712 of February 24, 1913, to the extent that they are…

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the said migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the…

I am working for peace, and I shall continue to work for peace.

Our policy is not now and never has been directed against the Soviet Union.

Our purpose, from the end of the war to the present, has never changed.