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Harry Truman: Our people know that our influence in the world gives us an opportunity--unmatched in history--to conduct ourselves in…

On the recordNovember 16, 1947
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.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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

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