"I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I……" — Harry S. Truman
"I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department."
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314 Quotes by Harry S. Truman
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