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Harry Truman: We have never yet been in a condition when the country as a whole does not come to the support of the Government when…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1952
We have never yet been in a condition when the country as a whole does not come to the support of the Government when the very existence of the country is at stake.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Veterans of foreign Wars Dinner.

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