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Harry Truman: I urge the people of the Nation to reexamine and to reflect upon the provisions of our Constitution which secure our…

On the recordDecember 9, 1947
I urge the people of the Nation to reexamine and to reflect upon the provisions of our Constitution which secure our freedom under law -
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Proclamation 2761—Bill of Rights Day, 1947

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