Political Quotes

On the recordAugust 21, 1949
We are not arming ourselves and our friends to start a fight with anybody.
Said by
Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address in Miami at the Golden Jubilee Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

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