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Harry Truman: Harry, don't you go to the Senate with an inferiority complex. You sit there about 6 months, and you wonder how you got…

On the recordApril 5, 1949
Harry, don't you go to the Senate with an inferiority complex. You sit there about 6 months, and you wonder how you got there. And after that you wonder how the rest of them got there.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to a Group of New Democratic Senators and Representatives.

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