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Harry Truman: You know, you are the Government, if you exercise your right to vote.

On the recordOctober 10, 1948
You know, you are the Government, if you exercise your right to vote.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at the Armory, Akron, Ohio

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