Harry Truman actually said...

The Civil Rights Committee described the kind of freedom that comes when every American boy and girl has an equal chance for an education.

Address in Harlem, New York, Upon Receiving the Franklin Roosevelt Award

10/28/1948

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That tax ought never to have been put on there in the first place.

I can't answer any questions like that--now--I'm sorry.