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On the recordMay 7, 1946
It is perfectly absurd that a man or a woman, or a child, can go to a place and buy an automobile and get behind the wheel--whether he has ever been there before makes no difference, or he is insane, or he is a 'nut,' or a moron doesn't make a particle of difference--all he has to do is just pay the price and get behind the wheel and go out on the street and kill somebody.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address Before the President's Highway Safety Conference.

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