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Truman dog quote

Truman and the ‘Get a dog’ quote—or nonquote

David Rothman June 1, 2011June 2, 2011 0 comment

Did Harry Truman really say, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”? Or maybe “buy a dog”? In The Solomon Scandals, an eloquent Afghan named Thackeray II quotes that line in a Truman act at the Cosmos Club. But he gets corrected by Prof. Rebecca Kitiona-Fenton, author of the foreword and afterword […]

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