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Harry Truman: “We must keep it just what it is--a government of all the people, and for all the people.”

On the recordAugust 5, 1952
We must keep it just what it is--a government of all the people, and for all the people.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to the Delegates of Girls Nation.

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