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By Harry S. Truman
The President--whoever he is--has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody.
- Source
- The President's Farewell Address to the American People, January 15, 1953
- Read at
- The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara
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From Truman's farewell address to the American people, broadcast from the Oval Office on January 15, 1953. He is describing the papers that reach the President's desk, where there is no one else to pass them to. It is the same idea as the "The buck stops here" sign that sat on his desk.