Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 22, 1948
The Republicans said they are for social security, but when they had the power and the Congress, they took social security away from a million people that had it.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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