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Harry Truman: “I think that is long enough for a man to serve his country.”

On the recordJune 25, 1952
I think that is long enough for a man to serve his country.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the Members of the National YMCA and Government Assembly.

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