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Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.
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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Men make history. History does not make the man.
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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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In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.
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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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Partisanship must end at the waters edge.
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I like riding a bicycle built for two--by myself.
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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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The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens.
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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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I think there is an immense shortage of Christian charity among so-called Christians.
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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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France is France and a grand place for Frenchman.
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Any man who has had the job I've had and didn't have a sense of humor wouldn't still be here.
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I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point
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The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.
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Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
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