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Harry Truman: Whenever conflicts between selfish and national interests arise, our country must come first.

On the recordMarch 22, 1946
Whenever conflicts between selfish and national interests arise, our country must come first.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Jackson Day Dinner.

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