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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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I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American's guarantee of freedom.
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If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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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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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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We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
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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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Peace is precious to us. It is the way of life we strive for with all the strength and wisdom we possess. But more precious than peace are freedom and justice. We will fight, if fight we must, to keep our freedom and to prevent justice from being destroyed.
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Although I hold the highest civil honour in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a Past Grand Master of Masons the greatest honour that had ever come to me.
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Everybody has the right to express what he thinks. That, of course, lets the crackpots in. But if you cannot tell a crackpot when you see one, then you ought to be taken in.
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The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
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There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.
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Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness.
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The absence of war is not peace.
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Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.
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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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Whenever the press quits abusing me, I know I'm in the wrong pew.
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Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human oppressors, but also against their ancient enemies-hunger, misery, and despair.
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Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
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My favorite animal is the mule. He has more horse sense than a horse. He knows when to stop eating - and he knows when to stop working.
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Without a strong educational system — free of government control — democracy is crippled. Knowledge is not only the key to power. It is the citadel of human freedom.
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