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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 18, 1948

A President may dismiss the abuse of scoundrels, but to be denounced by honest men honestly outraged is a test of greatness that none but the strongest men survive.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 18, 1948

Jackson, Polk, and Johnson are gone. Yet they are forever a part of North Carolina.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 18, 1948

It has a message that is not only true as to the past, but it is also encouraging as to the future.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 18, 1948

Because they lived through days when reason was overcome by emotion, their acts were misunderstood and misinterpreted.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 18, 1948

To attempt to correct injustice by disunion is to apply a remedy that is worse than the disease.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 17, 1948

By virtue of the authority vested in me by title I of the Selective Service Act of 1948, approved June 24, 1948 (62 Stat. 604), I hereby prescribe the following amendments of the Selective Service Regulations prescribed in part by…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 17, 1948

So long as I am President, the United States will not carry a chip on its shoulder.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 17, 1948

The world has learned that it is weakness and appeasement that invite aggression.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 17, 1948

The Government of the United States rejects the concept of war as a means of solving international differences.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 17, 1948

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917, I hereby revoke the said Executive Orders No. 589 of March 14, 1907, and No. 1712 of February 24, 1913, to the extent that they are…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 17, 1948

Now, Therefore, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the said migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, do hereby approve and proclaim the…

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Oct 17, 1948

Our policy is not now and never has been directed against the Soviet Union.

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