On the recordJuly 3, 1951
The way to meet this attack is to show that it is false--to live up to our ideals--to prove that we mean them.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “The way to meet this attack is to show that it is false--to live up to our ideals--to prove that we mean them.”
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Address at the Ceremonies Commemorating the 175th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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