On the recordMarch 25, 1951
There is no safety for any of us in abandoning these principles.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “There is no safety for any of us in abandoning these principles.”
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Address Opening the Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the American Republics.
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