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Harry Truman: “I would give anything in the world if I were 18 instead of 68, so that I could see it.”

On the recordFebruary 19, 1952
I would give anything in the world if I were 18 instead of 68, so that I could see it.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to the Winners of the Fifth Annual Voice of Democracy Contest.

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