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Harry Truman: The issue is do the people rule the country or do the special interests rule the country.

On the recordSeptember 30, 1948
The issue is do the people rule the country or do the special interests rule the country.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Kentucky and West Virginia

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