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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 14, 1945

And every man in this country is a partner in the Government of the United States.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 14, 1945

We are not going to lose the peace by giving license to racialist Pan-Germans, Nazis and militarists, so that they can misuse democratic rights in order to attack Democracy as Hitler did.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 14, 1945

On that repeal, I will read you a statement of President Roosevelt's as to why it is necessary, if you like.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 14, 1945

General Eisenhower has advised me that he has issued no policy or order dealing with the importation of publications into Germany.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 7, 1945

Much remains to be done. The victory won in the West must now be won in the East.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 7, 1945

We must work to bind up the wounds of a suffering world--to build an abiding peace, a peace rooted in justice and in law.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 7, 1945

For this victory, we join in offering our thanks to the Providence which has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 7, 1945

A Proclamation--The Allied armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God's help, have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 7, 1945

The Japanese people have felt the weight of our land, air, and naval attacks.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· May 7, 1945

We can repay the debt which we owe to our God, to our dead, and to our children, only by work, by ceaseless devotion to the responsibilities which lie ahead of us.

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