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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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It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. - Harry S. Truman

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I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers. - Harry S. Truman

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Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend. - Harry S. Truman

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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. - Harry S. Truman

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I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell. - Harry S. Truman

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The 'C' students run the world. - Harry S. Truman

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Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads. - Harry S. Truman

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All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall - Harry S. Truman

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When you've done the best you can, you can't do any better - Harry S. Truman

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I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better. - Harry S. Truman

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I don't give a damn about The Missouri Waltz but I can't say it out loud because it's the song of Missouri. It's as bad as The Star-Spangled Banner so far as music is concerned. - Harry S. Truman

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This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come. - Harry S. Truman

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Intense feeling too often obscures the truth. - Harry S. Truman

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The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction. - Harry S. Truman

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If you can't convince them, confuse them. - 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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The buck stops here! - Harry S. Truman

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I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up - Harry S. Truman

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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 29)

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Well, I wouldn't say I was in the 'great' class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great - Harry S. Truman

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I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: ''Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.'' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have. - Harry S. Truman

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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 24)

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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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Washington is a very easy city for you to forget where you came from and why you got there in the first place. - Harry S. Truman

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If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7. - Harry S. Truman

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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 27)

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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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I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. - 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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Start slow and taper off. - Harry S. Truman

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You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. - Harry S. Truman

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A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics. - Harry S. Truman

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The fundamental basis of this nation's laws was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings...of Isaiah and St. Paul. I don't think we emphasize that enough these days. - Harry S. Trum... Read More

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Harry S. Truman, our 33rd President, was born on May 8, 1884. Quick trivia question: Prior to being President he was voted Best ______.

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Our conference in 1945 did much more than draft an international agreement among 50 nations. [We] set down on paper the only principles which will enable civilized human life to continue to survive on this globe. - Harry S. Truman

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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 26)

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About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well - Harry S. Truman

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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 42)

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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 16)

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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. - Harry S. Truman

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Once a decision was made I did not worry about it afterward. - 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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Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship - Harry S. Truman

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It takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for fifteen years. - Harry S. Truman

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The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in the country have. - Harry S. Truman

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The absence of war is not peace. - 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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The White House is the finest prison in the world. - Harry S. Truman

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Therefore to re-establish that custom, although by a quibble I could say I've only had one term, I am not a candidate and will not accept the nomination for another term. - Harry S. Truman

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The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything. - 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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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 6)

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

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Harry S. Truman - 33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953 (Photo 3)

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To me party platforms are contracts with the people - Harry S. Truman

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When a leader is in the democrat he's a boss; when he's in the republican he's a leader - Harry S. Truman

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That precedent should continue-not by a Constitutional amendment but by custom based on the honor of the man in the office. - 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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In my Sunday School class there was a beautiful little girl with golden curls. I was smitten at once and still am. - Harry S. Truman

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