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In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.
Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Age: 88 †
Born: 1884
Born: May 8
Died: 1972
Died: December 26
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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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Ignorance and its hand-maidens, prejudice, intolerance, suspicion of our fellowman, breed dictators and breed wars.
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Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble
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I believe in the brotherhood of man, not merely the brotherhood of white men but the brotherhood of all men before law.
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The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.
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I felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me.
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Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
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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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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 can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.
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If you don't have your own goals, you'll be doomed to work toward someone else's.
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One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service.
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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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He was a great president in his first term in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to begin with. ...Cleveland reestablished the presidency by being not only a chief executive but a leader.
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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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I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now.
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I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
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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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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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