America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. TrumanWithout a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.
Harry S. TrumanThe United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
Harry S. TrumanOf course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty. The external threat to liberty should not drive us into suppressing liberty at home. Those who want the government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.
Harry S. Truman