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Harry Truman: I think the country ought to accept the competent leadership of Adlai Stevenson.

On the recordOctober 20, 1952
I think the country ought to accept the competent leadership of Adlai Stevenson.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address at Reyburn Plaza in Philadelphia

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