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Harry Truman: When all governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, there will be enduring peace.

On the recordJuly 3, 1947
When all governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, there will be enduring peace.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Independence Day Address Delivered at the Home of Thomas Jefferson.

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