Harry Truman actually said...

The old man was silent for a while, and then he said: 'Son, I've listened to a lot of sad stories for the last 50 years, but that's the saddest one I've heard yet.'

Context

Address in the Memorial Auditorium, Gary, Indiana

10/24/1948

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