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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

By giving its advice and consent to my ratification of this Convention, which I urge, the Senate of the United States will demonstrate that the United States is prepared to take effective action on its part to contribute to the…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

We have one now who is as able as any we have ever had, and he is vitally interested in the programs for which you are working.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

I am charged, sometimes, with being in control of the weather, but I am not.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

We have had some very able Secretaries of Agriculture who have been vitally interested in what you are doing.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

I hope you noticed that we fixed the weather up for you, so that you could stand here in time for the photographers to be here.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

By the leading part the United States has taken in the United Nations in producing an effective international legal instrument outlawing the world-shocking crime of genocide, we have established before the world our firm and clear policy…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

I am from Jackson County, Mo., named for Andrew Jackson, who set out that magnolia tree over there in 1838.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 15, 1949

I hope also that you will have a very successful meeting this year while you are here.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 10, 1949

Our concern with the economic health of the world also extends to its underdeveloped regions.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 10, 1949

The brave men who lost their lives in those wars would approve of the way you have chosen to honor them.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 10, 1949

We know that if we are to build a lasting peace in the world we must achieve three essential conditions.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Jun 10, 1949

You helped prove that the Democratic Party is the party of the people, and that is what we are going to keep it, as long as I am the head of it.

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