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If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em.
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Age: 88 †
Born: 1884
Born: May 8
Died: 1972
Died: December 26
33Rd U.S. President
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The way in which you endure that which you must endure is more important than the crisis itself.
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