The President's News Conference
02/12/1947
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We are going to get the truth to those people, and we won't have to do it with guns, I am sure.
I am sincerely sorry about the casualties, but somebody has to meet these situations; they can't be met with sticks and stones--somebody is ...
It is difficult for us--for this Republic of ours--to realize the responsibilities of the Government of the United States.
I sincerely wish I could stay longer.