Harry S Truman Quotes

It is noble in its administration: to think and let think, beyond the narrow contracted prejudices of bitter sectarians in these modern times. It is general or universal language, fitted to benefit the poor stranger, which no other institution is calculated to reach, by extending the beneficent hand.

Harry S Truman

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• I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Equality
  • Prejudices

• As in the case of California, the wolf is at the door of America and the present administration acts as if it's a pussycat. America cannot maintain the present entitlement programs and support a government this size and keep on living on a credit card.

  

  Charlie Daniels
  • America
  • Support
  • Present

• We are all agreed that it is extremely important that as quickly as possible there is a broad-based multi-ethnic civil administration in Afghanistan.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Important
  • Administration
  • Afghanistan

• Travel ennobles the spirit and does away with our prejudices.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Travel
  • Spirit
  • Prejudices

• He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Hero
  • Principles
  • Terror

• I'm in a situation with this girl that's as hopeless as overthrowing the Bush administration.

  

  Aziz Ansari
  • Girl
  • Situation
  • Administration

• It's time to have a new administration so that we have a fresh energy policy and we don't have this problem.

  

  Dennis Hastert
  • Time
  • Energy
  • Problem

• Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • People
  • God
  • True

• No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. .. No foresight can anticipate nor any document of reasonable length contain express provisions for all possible questions.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Question
  • Administration
  • Framed

• Since the Bush-Cheney Administration took office in January 2001, controlling the major oil and natural gas fields of the world had been the primary, though undeclared, priority of US foreign policy... Not only the invasion of Iraq, but also the toppling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, had nothing to do with 'democracy,' and everything to do with pipeline control across Central Asia and the militarization of the Middle East.

  

  F. William Engdahl
  • Democracy
  • Administration
  • Afghanistan

• Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Common Sense
  • Prejudices
  • Deposit

• We will work with any Administration and with any President in whom the American people have placed their trust. That is, of course, if they wish to cooperate with Russia.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • People
  • Wish
  • President

• As far as I understand, the president-elect of the United States [Donald Trump] is ready for such joint work. We do not know yet what it will be like in actual practice. We have to wait for him to take office and form his administration.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • Waiting
  • President
  • Office

• Europe has united, China is growing speedily and Russia possesses immense power in terms of fuel resources. The US administration cannot do anything about it.

  

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  • Power
  • Term
  • China

• I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

  

  William Howard Taft
  • Trying
  • Politics
  • Turns

• You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Administration
  • Assist
  • Decrees

• A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator; from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view; he sought subtleties everywhere; had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Question
  • Administration
  • Mediocre

• Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Free
  • Prejudices

• I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Mother
  • Respect
  • Yourself

• In the long run, we must focus on what is the better good for mankind.

  

  Dennis Hastert
  • Good
  • Long
  • Focus

• The Internet is an incredible business tool. First of all, the Internet/the cell phone - the cell phone is just another way to get at it - I think is having a huge impact in Africa most particularly, where it enables people - suddenly, they know crop prices. They can communicate. It makes their lives more efficient.

  

  Esther Dyson
  • Business
  • Internet
  • Communicate

• The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Power
  • Way
  • Reveal

• It is noble in its administration: to think and let think, beyond the narrow contracted prejudices of bitter sectarians in these modern times. It is general or universal language, fitted to benefit the poor stranger, which no other institution is calculated to reach, by extending the beneficent hand.

  

  Harry S Truman
  • Administration
  • Prejudices
  • Sectarians