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Harry Truman: We hold out to all people the prospect of bettering their condition, not in the dim future, not after some terrible and…

On the recordMarch 25, 1951
We hold out to all people the prospect of bettering their condition, not in the dim future, not after some terrible and bloody upheaval, but steadily through the years, in the simple activities of our daily life.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address Opening the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the American Republics.

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