Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all!

But Quantrill and his men were no more bandits than the men on the other side. I've been to reunions of Quantrill's men two or three times. All they were trying to do was protect the property on the Missouri side of the line.

Having found the bomb we have used it. We have used it against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American prisoners of war, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans.

We must face the fact that peace must be built on power, as well as upon good will and good deeds.

The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.

The Marshall Plan will go down in history as one of America's greatest contributions to the peace of the world.