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If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Age: 88 †
Born: 1884
Born: May 8
Died: 1972
Died: December 26
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An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
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If you don't have your own goals, you'll be doomed to work toward someone else's.
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One of the presidents we could have done without.... There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty of things that weren't so admirable.... The reason I have a certain amount of grudging respect for John Tyler is that he knew his own mind and stuck to his decisions.
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A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.
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It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day, the last words of one of them was, The country is safe. Jefferson still lives. And the last words of the other was, John Adams will see that things go forward.
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There is enough in the world for everyone to have plenty, to live happily, and to be at peace with his neighbors.
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I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able and God bless you. Good-bye.
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We all have to recognise - no matter how great our strength - that we must deny ourselves the licence to do always as we please.
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Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.
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When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
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Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.
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In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.
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May we Americans all live up to our glorious heritage.
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Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time
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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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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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Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix.
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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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The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
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