On the recordOctober 18, 1948
It is not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It is the hand that casts the ballot.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “It is not the hand that signs the laws that holds the destiny of America. It is the hand that casts the ballot.”
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Address at the State Capitol, Raleigh, North Carolina
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