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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 22, 1949

As long as people are interested in the welfare of the Government, as you are interested in it, I haven't any doubt as to its stability and its lasting power.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 22, 1949

You are making a great contribution, just as great as you made in the wartime.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 21, 1949

I am very happy to be here tonight because I have known General Vaughan all his military life, and some time besides.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 21, 1949

It was my very great privilege to have General Marshall as Chief of Staff, when I became president of the United States.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

The conditions of modern life are drawing the American republics together in an increasingly close community of neighbors.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the enclosed letter from the Under Secretary of State and the accompanying draft legislation to make possible the continuation and expansion of the cooperative programs in public…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

The United States and the other American republics have repeatedly proclaimed their common purpose to promote by cooperative action their economic, social and cultural development, and to work with one another to achieve just and decent…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

By continuing this international cooperation for raising the standard of living of all the peoples in the Americas, the United States can give further, practical form to the high purposes of our policy.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the Civil Service Act (22 Stat. 403:5 U.S.C. 633), and by section 1753 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 631), and pursuant to the recommendation of the Secretary of State, the Civil…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

These are programs that, over the years, have been tried, tested, and found good.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

It is a basic and enduring purpose of the foreign policy of the United States to play the part of the good neighbor in that community.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

The continuing growth of solidarity, friendship and close cooperation among the republics of the Western Hemisphere benefits us as well as our neighbors.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Feb 20, 1949

Our relations have constituted friendly, constructive and effective partnerships which it is our aim to extend and strengthen.

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