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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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We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
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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.
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Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.
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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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Such an atmosphere is un-American, the most un-American thing we have to contend with today. It is the climate of a totalitarian country in which scientists are expected to change their theories to match changes in the police state's propaganda line.
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You should never form judgments from front page headlines. As with a contract, the fine print on the inside pages should be carefully studied.
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We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern that financial barriers in the way of attaining health shall be removed that the health of all it's citizens deserves the help of all the nation.
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There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do
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There's nothing better than cake but more cake.
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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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...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.
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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
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A leader is the 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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Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.
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The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of us or our record.
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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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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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If you can't dance then you are a loser.
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This generation, raised on Eyewitness News, conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even more ahistorical than most.
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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.
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