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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

Our side--the Democratic side--doesn't say, 'We're against it.' It says, 'We can do it.'

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

Don't think big business doesn't appreciate all that the Republican Party has done for it.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

We need extension of social security to everybody in the entire Nation not now covered, and a 50 percent increase in benefits.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

The Democratic Congress will give you that sort of law, because that is a part of the Democratic platform.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

They will do it all under the hypocritical cloak of 'correcting abuses' in our labor laws.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

The American people have the right to know where I stand and where my opponent stands on the issues that affect every person in this country.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

That Republican outfit went to Philadelphia and wrote a platform, and that platform was the most hypocritical document that ever was written; and I called them back to Washington to see whether they meant what they said in their platform…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

Corporation profits after taxes have increased 70 cents on the dollar since price control was killed.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

You deserve to have a Congressman who will vote for you, and not against you.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

This year, Lackawanna County ought to be firmly in the Democratic column from top to bottom.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

If you and millions of American voters like you go to the polls a week from Tuesday and vote the straight Democratic ticket, we can go forward together to build a richer, stronger, and better Nation for the American people and for the…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 22, 1948

The Republicans in power first tried to strip the workingman of the protection of his labor unions, and then they led him into the worst depression in history.

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