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On the recordMay 27, 1945
The Government has thus incurred a moral obligation to these workers and to those who have stuck faithfully to their posts in the past.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on Unemployment Compensation.

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Dec 14, 1952

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

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