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Harry Truman: Our side--the Democratic side--doesn't say, 'We're against it.' It says, 'We can do it.'

On the recordOctober 22, 1948
Our side--the Democratic side--doesn't say, 'We're against it.' It says, 'We can do it.'
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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