“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 Truman

Special Message to the Congress: The President's First Economic Report (1947)
Source: https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/4/special-message-congress-presidents-first-economic-report

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