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Harry Truman: In their madness they were determined that the blood-letting should not stop.

On the recordOctober 18, 1948
In their madness they were determined that the blood-letting should not stop.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at the State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina

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