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Harry Truman: “Our obligation, as citizens of the strongest nation in the world, is to lead the peoples of the earth toward the goal of…”

On the recordJune 6, 1947
Our obligation, as citizens of the strongest nation in the world, is to lead the peoples of the earth toward the goal of lasting peace.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Kansas City at the 35th Division Reunion Memorial Service

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