Harry Truman actually said...

Certain political rights are fundamental to freedom—free speech, a free press, the right of peaceable assembly, freedom of conscience, and the right of the people to choose their own form of government.

Context

Address Before the Governing Board of the Pan American Union.

04/14/1946

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