Quotes by Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

American president

Lived from: 1884 - 1972

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 8 may 1884 Died: 26 december 1972

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  • I learned that a great leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do and like it.
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  • I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
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  • I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
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  • If that's art, I'm a Hottentot!
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  • If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em.
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  • If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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  • If you want to get elected, shake hands with 25, 000 people between and November 7.
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  • In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.
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  • Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
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  • It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
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  • It sure is hell to be president.
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  • It takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for fifteen years.
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  • It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own.
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  • Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
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  • Some of the Presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great Presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.
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  • Study men, not historians.
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  • The atom bomb was no ''great decision.'' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
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  • The buck stops here.
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  • The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.
    Plain Speaking : An Oral Biography of Harry S Truman (1974) door Merle Miller
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  • The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
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