41 quotes by Harry S. Truman

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S. Truman

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“A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.” — Harry S. Truman

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“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.” — Harry S. Truman

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“When even one American - who has done nothing wrong - is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth - then all Americans are in peril.” — Harry S. Truman

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“The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.” — Harry S. Truman

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“When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.” — Harry S. Truman

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“The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.” — Harry S. Truman

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“I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.” — Harry S. Truman

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“You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.” — Harry S. Truman

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“I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them and they think it's Hell.” — Harry S. Truman

Context:After a supporter yelled "Give 'em Hell, Harry!"

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“Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.” — Harry S. Truman

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“The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.” — Harry S. Truman

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“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.” — Harry S. Truman

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“The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.” — Harry S. Truman

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“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.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Study men, not historians.” — Harry S. Truman

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“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.” — Harry S. Truman

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“I would rather have peace in the world than be President.” — Harry S. Truman

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“A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.” — Harry S. Truman

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“You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” — Harry S. Truman

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“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.” — Harry S. Truman

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“I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.” — Harry S. Truman

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