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Harry Truman: I would rather be defeated trying to do what's right than to be elected under false pretenses.

On the recordOctober 28, 1948
I would rather be defeated trying to do what's right than to be elected under false pretenses.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Informal Remarks in New York

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