“You know, the United States Government turns its Chief Executive out to grass. They're just allowed to starve... If I hadn't inherited some property that finally paid things through, I'd be on relief now.”

— Harry Truman

Interview with Edward R. Murrow on CBS Television (2 February 1958)

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