Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 12, 1949
We must exchange on a world basis the services and the goods of all the countries among themselves.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks at the Joint Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and...

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