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On the recordMay 24, 1949
Fundamentally we are fighting for peace in the world, and for the welfare of all the people in the world, not only ourselves but for all the people.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Remarks to the President's Conference on Community Responsibility to Our Peacetime Servicemen and Women.

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Nov 24, 1952

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 91 of the act of April 30, 1900, 31 Stat. 159, as amended by section 7 of the act of My 27, 1910, 36 Stat. 447, it is ordered as follows:

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Dec 14, 1952

The longer I live, the more I am impressed by the significance of our simple official oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.

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