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It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.
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 am proud of my part in the creation of this new state. Our Government was the first to recognize the State of Israel.
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Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.
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Canadian-American relations for many years did not develop spontaneously. The example of accord provided by our two countries did not come about merely through the happy circumstance of geography. It is compounded of one part proximity and nine parts good will and common sense.
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The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.
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To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.
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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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France is France and a grand place for Frenchman.
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I have no desire to crow over anybody or to see anybody eating crow, figuratively or otherwise. We should all get together and make a country in which everybody can eat turkey whenever he pleases.
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I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!
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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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A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.
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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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May we Americans all live up to our glorious heritage.
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A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are all the ethical code anybody needs.
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I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a prisoner of the Politburo.
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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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I don't feel qualified to be president either, but I've got the job.
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I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.
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In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.
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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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