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Harry Truman: “I think it was my predecessor who said that Americanism is not a matter of race or creed, it is a matter of the heart.”

On the recordJuly 14, 1946
I think it was my predecessor who said that Americanism is not a matter of race or creed, it is a matter of the heart.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks Upon Presenting a Citation to a Nisei Regiment.

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