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Harry Truman: And I think we have started something that will, in the long run--maybe 50 years from now--make history.

On the recordJune 13, 1952
And I think we have started something that will, in the long run--maybe 50 years from now--make history.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a Luncheon at the Officers' Club, U.S. Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut.

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