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When you can't do any housecleaning because everything that goes on is a damned secret, then we're on our way to something the Founding Fathers didn't have in mind. Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Age: 88 †
Born: 1884
Born: May 8
Died: 1972
Died: December 26
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Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
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He wanted to know what assurance we could give the American people that we aren't getting the tar licked out of us by the North Korean army. It has never happened to us. It won't happen this time.
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Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.
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All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.
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The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.
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If you can't beat 'em, confuse 'em.
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I enjoyed my new position as vice president, but it took me a while to get used to the fact that I no longer had the voting privileges I had enjoyed for 10 years as a senator.
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