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Harry Truman: It has taken us a long time to discover that agriculture is the fundamental basis on which we all live.

On the recordNovember 19, 1951
It has taken us a long time to discover that agriculture is the fundamental basis on which we all live.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Delegates and Trainees From the World Land Tenure Conference.

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