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Informal Remarks in San Antonio, Texas. September 26, 1948
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THE ALAMO (2:35 p.m.) Mr. Mayor, the Governor of Texas, and distinguished guests: I appreciate the privilege today of spending Sunday in San Antonio. I had the opportunity this morning to attend the services in the First Baptist Church, and I have this afternoon been taken on a sight seeing tour of the old Governor's Palace and to the Alamo. I have been through the Alamo before, but I never had so able a guide as I had today. There were a great many things that I was not familiar with. This, of course, stands as one of the historic monuments of the world, a monument to heroism, a monument to the fight for liberty all over the world. The one ambition that I have is to see a peaceful, happy world. If that can't be accomplished, there is nothing else worthwhile. I wish I were in a position today to discuss a great many things with you, but I have made it a rule during my whole political life not to make speeches or otherwise on the Sabbath. Therefore, I am merely thanking you for a most pleasant day in San Antonio, and I hope some time or other I may be able to come back here and talk to you freely and frankly from the shoulder. Thank you very much.
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