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Harry Truman: It is one of the great satisfactions of being in the office that I occupy that there are people who put the welfare of…

On the recordOctober 29, 1951
It is one of the great satisfactions of being in the office that I occupy that there are people who put the welfare of the Nation above their own personal interests.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Luncheon for Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire.

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