Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 8, 1949
I am certainly happy that you gentlemen have been willing to tour our country and get a viewpoint from us that can be obtained no other way.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to a Group of Bishops of the Church of England.

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