Harry Truman actually said...

The armed forces we are building, and the supplies for them which our factories, farms, and mines are turning out, are for the protection and preservation of our freedoms.

Context

Telegram to General Marshall on the Strength of the U.S. Armed Forces.

03/20/1951

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