Speech of Senator Harry S. Truman to the Kiwanis Club at Denver, Colorado
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OCR Page 1 of 8SPEECH OF SENATOR HARRY S. TRUMAN
KIWANIS CLUB LUNCHEON
DENVER, COLORADO
JUNE 28, 1944
RELEASE ON DELIVERY
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE KIWANIS CLUB AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS:
It is a pleasure for me to be partaking of luncheon with you today.
It is always a satisfaction to me to have the opportunity to discuss current
problems with Kiwanians and to share with you in thinking out the part our people
and our people's government must play in the great theatre which this world has
become.
Many of us who were born and raised in this most fortunate of countries
take many of our blessings for granted and do not appreciate that we enjoy in
our daily life scores of rights and privileges unheard of in the greater part
of the world.
It might be well for us to take stock of why we enjoy being Americans.
I can think as I please - Speak and write as I wish - I choose my own work -
Worship as I like - Vote for whom I want - Improve my opportunities - Educate my
children in free schools - Have access to courts and trial by jury, if accused -
and I am free to enjoy life, liberty and to share in all the benefits of the
United States.
These are a few of the reasons why I enjoy living my own life as an
American.
But, my friends, along with these joys and benefits we have grave res-
ponsibilities. In the winning of the victory and in the reaping of its fruits,
the chief responsibility will be ours. No greater task and no more splendid
opportunity has ever come to any people in the history of the human race than
now comes to us as the hour of victory draws nearer.
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