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Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Age: 88 †
Born: 1884
Born: May 8
Died: 1972
Died: December 26
33Rd U.S. President
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When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing will happen. Poor Ikeit wont be a bit like the Army. Hell find it very frustrating.
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Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima. . . . The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.
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He wanted to know what assurance we could give the American people that we aren't getting the tar licked out of us by the North Korean army. It has never happened to us. It won't happen this time.
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If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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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.
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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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Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
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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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All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.
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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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I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.
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