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Quotes by Harry S Truman
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America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.
You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.
A President cannot always be popular.
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
If you can't convince them, confuse them.
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break.
I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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