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Harry Truman: The power of the Government of the United States is in the people, and when you don't exercise that franchise which the…

On the recordSeptember 30, 1952
The power of the Government of the United States is in the people, and when you don't exercise that franchise which the Constitution guarantees you, and you get bad government, you have nobody but yourselves to blame for it.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Montana and Idaho

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