On the recordNovember 7, 1949
Now you have the right, yet only about 50 percent of us vote.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “Now you have the right, yet only about 50 percent of us vote.”
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Remarks at the Women's National Democratic Club Dinner.
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