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Harry Truman: “We must never forget that the fundamental purpose of our Government is to protect the rights of individual citizens and…”

On the recordJuly 13, 1951
We must never forget that the fundamental purpose of our Government is to protect the rights of individual citizens and one of the highest obligations of the Government is to see that those rights are protected in its own operations.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Executive Secretary, National Security Council, Requesting a Study of the Employee Security Program.

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