Harry Truman’s Christmas Reminder About Morality and Compassion
President Harry S. Truman’s 1949 Christmas message was characteristically to the point:
“In this blessed season, let not blind passion darken our counsels. We shall not solve a moral question by dodging it. We can scarcely hope to have a full Christmas if we turn a deaf ear to the suffering of even the least of Christ’s little ones.”
For more information about the 33rd President of the United States, visit the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.
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