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Harry Truman: For a long time I have been wondering how any intelligent people could talk such nonsense.

On the recordOctober 20, 1952
For a long time I have been wondering how any intelligent people could talk such nonsense.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Pottsville, Pennsylvania

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