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Harry Truman: No democracy will long remain effective if its citizens do not take an active part in the government.

On the recordNovember 5, 1950
No democracy will long remain effective if its citizens do not take an active part in the government.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Independence at the Dedication of the Liberty Bell

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