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Harry Truman: In short, prove yourselves worthy of the liberty and dignity which you have preserved on this earth, by helping those…

On the recordMarch 5, 1946
In short, prove yourselves worthy of the liberty and dignity which you have preserved on this earth, by helping those less fortunate who have been starved by the dictators for so many long years and who still starve even in liberation.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address in Columbus at a Conference of the Federal Council of Churches.

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