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Harry Truman: What we are trying to do is to establish peace in the world.

On the recordApril 13, 1951
What we are trying to do is to establish peace in the world.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.

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