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Harry Truman: “The great issue in this campaign--the great issue--is whether this country is going to be governed in the interest of…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1948
The great issue in this campaign--the great issue--is whether this country is going to be governed in the interest of all the people, or in the interest of big business and special privilege.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Johnstown, Pennsylvania

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