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On the recordJuly 10, 1946
We don't believe in wars any more, of course, but I do believe that if we can implement the United Nations Organization with a police force behind it sufficient to make its mandates stand up, we can have world peace.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to the Members of the Conference on Emergency Problems in Higher Education.

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