On the recordOctober 7, 1952
And when you don't go to the polls, and you get bad government, you have nobody to blame for it but yourselves.
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presidency.ucsb.eduHarry Truman: “And when you don't go to the polls, and you get bad government, you have nobody to blame for it but yourselves.”
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Address in Shenandoah, Iowa
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