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Harry Truman: If Government is going to be successful, it has to be run for the benefit of all the people.

On the recordSeptember 3, 1951
If Government is going to be successful, it has to be run for the benefit of all the people.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks in San Francisco at a Luncheon for Democrats From Western States.

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