I hate communism, and because I have fought so much to prevent its spread, the Communists hate me.
Harry Truman: “I hate communism, and because I have fought so much to prevent its spread, the Communists hate me.”
On the recordOctober 27, 1948
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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York
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