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“I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
— Harry S. Truman
U.S. President
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Photo: Photo by Mr. Kjetil Ree. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · Portrait: National Archives and Records Administration. Office of Presidential Libraries. Harry S. Truman Library. (Public domain)
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