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Harry Truman: “I still think that the average Government employee is an honorable man, or an honorable woman.”

On the recordNovember 14, 1951
I still think that the average Government employee is an honorable man, or an honorable woman.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference at Key West

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