Harry Truman actually said...

Our people know that our influence in the world gives us an opportunity--unmatched in history--to conduct ourselves in such a manner that men and women of all the world can move out of the shadows of fear and war and into the light of freedom and peace.

Context

Special Message to the Congress on the First Day of the Special Session

11/16/1947

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