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Harry S Truman Inspirational Quotes (215)

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He was a great president in his first term in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to begin with. ...Cleveland reestablished the presidency by being not only a chief executive but a leader.
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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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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 enjoyed my new position as vice president, but it took me a while to get used to the fact that I no longer had the voting privileges I had enjoyed for 10 years as a senator.
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We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
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No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.
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In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.
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If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will abolish us from the earth.
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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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The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him his is not.
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I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department.
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If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.
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Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they throw bricks at meIm a pretty good shot myself and I usually throw em back at em.
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There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.
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A President cannot always be popular.
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We must help to the limits of our strength. And we will.
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I can always get along with an honest friend.
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I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
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We must never forget that this coutry was founded by men who came to these shores to worship God as they pleased. Catholics, Jews, and Protestants, all came here for this great purpose. They did not come here to do as they pleased - but to worship God as they pleased, and that is an important distinction.
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Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed. The fantastically crowded nine months of 1945 taught me that a President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt I could let up for a single moment.
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I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point
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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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We fully realize today that victory in war requires a mighty united effort. Certainly, victory in peace calls for, and must receive, an equal effort. Man has learned long ago, that it is impossible to live unto himself. This same basic principle applies today to nations. We were not isolated during the war. We dare not now become isolated in peace.
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I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
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