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Harry S. Truman
33rd US President (1884-1972). Sworn in 82 days into his vice presidency after FDR's death, he approved the atomic bombings, ended WWII, and built the Cold War architecture—Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, and CIA.
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Harry S. Truman's Other Quotes
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima... It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe.
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