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

The burdens of this office are so great that I have to put in an average of 16 or 17 hours a day in order to keep abreast of what is going on.

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

I can't answer that, because I really don't anticipate any serious change--any further major changes immediately.

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

That's all in the world that the foreign policy of the United States amounts to.

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

We have no ambitions to control any country or to tell any country how it ought to run its internal affairs.

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

I am glad to welcome you here to this Capital City, and I hope that you have had a constructive and helpful meeting.

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

I go because I want to go and because I think I ought to go, and not for the purpose of making a show.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Apr 19, 1949

I hereby approve the attached regulations prescribed by the heads of the departments and agencies concerned, governing the transportation of household goods of members of the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and…

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