Nov 14, 1949
No other great nation in the history of the world has done such a thing as that.
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 14, 1949
We are awakened as never before to the true meaning of equality-equality in the economic world.
Nov 10, 1949
I have called for legislation to protect the rights of all its citizens, to assure their equal participation in national life, and to reduce discrimination based upon prejudice.
Nov 10, 1949
The task of achieving greater justice and freedom will be long and it will be difficult.
Nov 10, 1949
We can succeed in achieving brotherhood only if we acknowledge that the ideal of brotherhood is something outside or above us.
Nov 10, 1949
It is only the people of religious faith throughout the world who have the power to overcome the force of tyranny.
Nov 9, 1949
Let us pause from our labors for one day in this autumnal season and offer prayers of thanks to the Divine Giver of our bounty.
Nov 9, 1949
When the Democrats win an election they have authority--call it a mandate, if you want to--from the people to carry out that Democratic Platform.
Nov 9, 1949
We are thankful that our resources enable us to aid the peoples of other countries in the furtherance of economic well-being and security.
Nov 9, 1949
I commented on that election, I think, very fully on the night of the Women's Democratic Club dinner.
Nov 7, 1949
Everybody has been discussing point 4 of the inaugural address of January the 20th-which a great many people thought I would not deliver.
Nov 7, 1949
I can name you place after place around this globe where that sort of situation exists.
Nov 7, 1949
We have two great objects, as set out in the Democratic platform: that is the welfare and the prosperity of the United States of America, and the welfare and the prosperity of the world as a whole.
Nov 7, 1949
They neglect the very thing that gives them the liberties which we all enjoy.
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