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Harry Truman: They neglect the very thing that gives them the liberties which we all enjoy.

On the recordNovember 7, 1949
They neglect the very thing that gives them the liberties which we all enjoy.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Women's National Democratic Club Dinner.

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