Nov 15, 1949
Your Majesty's visit represents the high point of this relationship, which will, I am sure, become still closer in the years ahead.
Harry Truman
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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, serving from April 12, 1945, to January 20, 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Truman is known for his decisive leadership during the final months of World War II, including the controversial decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which contributed to Japan's surrender. He also played a significant role in the early stages of the Cold War, implementing the Truman Doctrine to contain communism and establishing NATO.
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Nov 15, 1949
I have looked forward to Your Majesty's visit with great pleasure, and I trust that during its course you may have the opportunity of becoming well acquainted with our country.
Nov 15, 1949
We are very happy this evening to be hosts to His Majesty the Shahinshah of Iran--a wonderful country historically, and a wonderful country in the modern sense.
Nov 15, 1949
One of the greatest tragedies which the war could produce would be a generation of children whose minds and bodies were stunted and warped.
Nov 15, 1949
You are now looking at the people who make the clock tick in the United States.
Nov 15, 1949
I hope that this story will be brought to the attention of people throughout the Nation.
Nov 15, 1949
I am happy to welcome you to the United States on this, your first visit here.
Nov 15, 1949
The establishment of lasting peace depends in large measure upon whether these children, who will shape the future, have healthy bodies and a normal and happy outlook on life.
Nov 15, 1949
I trust, too, that we may have the opportunity of acquiring through Your Majesty a better knowledge of Iran, its heritage of greatness and culture, and the courage and farsightedness with which present-day Iran, led by Your Majesty, is…
Nov 15, 1949
I AM very happy to accept this report from the United States Committee for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund.
Nov 15, 1949
I have just been having a conversation with His Majesty, in which he has been discussing a fair deal for Iran.
Nov 15, 1949
The traditional friendship which bound us together during those troubled times has grown even stronger in the years since the war.
Nov 14, 1949
The Declaration of Human Rights... can apply to all the peoples of the earth.
Nov 14, 1949
I am glad to be here with you tonight and to join with you in this observance of the fourth anniversary of the United Nations.
Nov 14, 1949
All of us who are here tonight have a deep interest in that great enterprise--the extension of freedom and opportunity to all our citizens without racial or religious discrimination.
Nov 14, 1949
Let us not be too impatient at the seemingly slow progress we are now making toward the goal of world peace--a goal which, despite all difficulties, we shall certainly attain.
Nov 14, 1949
We are going to continue to advance in our program of bringing equal rights and equal opportunities to all citizens.
Nov 14, 1949
The people of this country have made, and we are making, progress in this cause.
Nov 14, 1949
I am sure that Mrs. Bethune's retirement as president of this organization will not mean her retirement from public life.
Nov 14, 1949
We are too apt to forget how long it took, and how difficult it was, to get the States to unite in the United States as we know it now.
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