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Harry Truman: We believe in freedom of expression, in freedom of worship, and the right to go where we please, if it does not injure…

On the recordApril 20, 1949
We believe in freedom of expression, in freedom of worship, and the right to go where we please, if it does not injure anybody else when we do that.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to Members of the Associated Church Press.

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