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The President's News Conference

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Dec 14, 1952

We have discovered that the Constitution does not prevent us from correcting social injustice, or advancing the general welfare.

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Nov 20, 1952

I am appreciative of the privilege that General Smith has offered me, to come over here and make a few remarks to this organization.

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Dec 10, 1952

It was suggested, and I decided that it wouldn't serve any good purpose, it would be just a piece of demagoguery; and that is what it turned out to be.

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Dec 10, 1952

It would have involved us in all-out war in the Far East, and we have been strenuously trying to avoid that all the time.

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