Harry S Truman Quotes

Harry S Truman

Profession : President

Birth : May 8, 1884

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The reward of suffering is experience.

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Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

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My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.

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A President cannot always be popular.

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If you can't convince them, confuse them.

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You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.

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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.

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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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When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

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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.

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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

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