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Harry Truman: It takes courage to face a duelist with a pistol and it takes courage to face a British general with an army.

On the recordOctober 18, 1948
It takes courage to face a duelist with a pistol and it takes courage to face a British general with an army.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at the State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina

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