Harry S Truman Quotes
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It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.
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We must help to the limits of our strength. And we will.
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Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble...
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The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.
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There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do...
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I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.
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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.
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There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. A lesser man couldn't have done it.... Washington was both a great administrator and a great leader, a truly great man in every way.
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If I hadn't been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.
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Mama and Papa are more to blame for delinquency than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.
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At this moment, I have in my heart a prayer. As I have assumed my heavy duties, I humbly pray, Almighty God, in the words of King Solomon: 'Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad, for who is able to judge this thy so great people?' I ask only to be a good and faithful servant of my LORD and my people.
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The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of us or our record.
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We worship money instead of honour.
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No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.
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I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
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Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind.... It was just that, when it came time for him to act like an executive, he was like a great many other people; when the time comes to make decisions, they have difficulty doing it.
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I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.
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He wasn't used to being criticized, and he never did get it through his head that's what politics is all about. He was used to getting his ass kissed.
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There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for the crimes they commit but never for the opinions they have.
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Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you.
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I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
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I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.
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There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the President has to make often affect the lives of tens of millions of people around the world, but that does not mean that they should take longer to make. Some men can make decisions and some cannot. Some men fret and delay under criticism. I used to have a saying that applies here, and I note that some people have picked it up, If you cant stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.