Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 31, 1950
We believe in freedom for all the nations of the Far East.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Situation in Korea.

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Dec 3, 1952

I feel it is necessary for me to exercise the final authority in the coal case.

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Jan 18, 1953

We built the Bureau of Reclamation's great new Hungry Horse Dam in Montana not as an isolated structure, but as a part of the Columbia Basin system.

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Jan 18, 1953

They should be strong enough to see that unified multiple-purpose development is planned for, and works operated harmoniously in each basin-wide comprehensive system.

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Dec 3, 1952

The same reasons which keep other workers from wishing to become coal miners also keep them from expecting---or their employers from offering--wage increases to match every increase the miner receives.

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