41 quotes by Harry S. Truman

“It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.” — Harry S. Truman

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“I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.” — Harry S. Truman

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“I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.” — Harry S. Truman

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“All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.” — Harry S. Truman

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“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” — Harry S. Truman

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“The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” — Harry S. Truman

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“We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.” — 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.” — Harry S. Truman

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“My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Upon books the collective education of the race depends they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.” — Harry S. Truman

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“The reward of suffering is experience.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Richard Nixon is a no good, lying b-----d. 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.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.” — Harry S. Truman

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“A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.” — Harry S. Truman

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“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.” — Harry S. Truman

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