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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Nov 9, 1949

I commented on that election, I think, very fully on the night of the Women's Democratic Club dinner.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· 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.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· 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.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· 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.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Nov 7, 1949

They neglect the very thing that gives them the liberties which we all enjoy.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· 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.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Nov 7, 1949

I can name you place after place around this globe where that sort of situation exists.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Nov 7, 1949

And I am more than convinced that the Democratic Party, the party of the people, will continue to do that job for the welfare of this Nation, and for the welfare of the world.

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