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Harry Truman: “We believe that the state exists for the benefit of man, not man for the benefit of the state.”

On the recordMarch 2, 1947
We believe that the state exists for the benefit of man, not man for the benefit of the state.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in Mexico City.

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