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The White House is the finest prison in the world.

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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It's tougher to be a football coach than the President of the United States. You've got four years as a president, and they guard you. A football coach doesn't have anyone to protect him when things go wrong.
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It isn't polls or public opinion at the moment that counts. It is right and wrong and leadership--men with fortitude, honesty, and a belief in the right that makes epochs in the history of the world.
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Our religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.
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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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The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against us.
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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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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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About the meanest thing you can say about a man is that he means well.
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This is a Christian nation.
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Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
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I don't give a damn about The Missouri Waltz but I can't say it out loud because it's the song of Missouri. It's as bad as The Star-Spangled Banner so far as music is concerned.
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I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn't be an expert anymore.
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Canada is a broad land - broad in mind, broad in spirit, and broad in physical expanse.
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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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The Republican Party either corrupts its liberals or it expels them.
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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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...as soon as the war was over, they had to justify what was done.
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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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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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