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Harry Truman: The real dangers confronting us today have their origins in outmoded habits of thought, in the inertia of human nature…

On the recordOctober 23, 1949
The real dangers confronting us today have their origins in outmoded habits of thought, in the inertia of human nature, and in preoccupation with supposed national interests to the detriment of the common good.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in New York City at the Cornerstone Laying of the United Nations Building.

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