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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
I hate communism, and because I have fought so much to prevent its spread, the Communists hate me.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York

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