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This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.
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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In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.
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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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When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.
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Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.
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I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
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There are always a lot of people so afraid of rocking the boat that they stop rowing. We can never get ahead that way.
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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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Prosperous farmers make for a prosperous nation, and when farmers are in trouble, the nation is in trouble.
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We must earn the peace we seek just as we earned victory in the war, not by wishful thinking but by realistic effort. At no time in our history has unity among our people been so vital as it is at the present time. Unity of purpose, unity of effort, and unity of spirit are essential to accomplish the task before us.
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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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The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.
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The friendless, the weak, the victims of prejudice and public excitement are entitled to the same quality of justice and fair play that the rich, the powerful, the well-connected, and the fellow with pull thinks he can get.
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To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
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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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The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
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