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But America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. Truman
— Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
Special Message to the Congress: The President's First Economic Report (January 8, 1947)

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Harry S. Truman
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Special Message to the Congress: The President's First Economic Report (January 8, 1947)
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