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Harry Truman: I cannot emphasize too strongly the transcendent importance of the United States in the world today as a force for…

On the recordJune 19, 1947
I cannot emphasize too strongly the transcendent importance of the United States in the world today as a force for freedom and peace.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill.

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