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Harry Truman: “It makes a man study and wonder whether he is worthy of the confidence, worthy of the responsibility which has been…”

On the recordNovember 4, 1948
It makes a man study and wonder whether he is worthy of the confidence, worthy of the responsibility which has been thrust upon him.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks Upon Arrival at the White House.

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