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Paragon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 04:24 PM
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"I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell."
Clinton paraphrased that Harry Truman quote at the Harkin Steak Fry, and it keeps resonating for me.

There is SO much truth out there (and so much more to uncover) about the Chump Administration, I can't help but think it's going to be a WALK next November -- IF we stay vigilant.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 04:29 PM
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1. Here's the exact quote
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
Harry S Truman, in Look, Apr. 3, 1956

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Harry_S_Truman/
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Beam Me Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 04:55 PM
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3. And note this one:
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
Harry S Truman, August 8, 1950
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-03 04:47 PM
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2. Remember
Nobody gave Harry a chance in that election....just about every newspaper in the country predicted a Dewey landslide on election day....and the Chicago Tribune even printed that Dewey HAD won...

One of the greatest newsphotos of all time....
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