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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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Missouri
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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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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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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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Herbert Hoover once ran on the slogan, 'Two cars in every garage'. Apparently, the Republican candidate this year is running on the slogan, 'Two families in every garage'.
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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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If you can't dance then you are a loser.
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Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
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All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall
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When you get to be President, there are all those things, the honors, the twenty-one gun salutes, all those things. You have to remember it isn't for you. It's for the Presidency.
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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 like riding a bicycle built for two--by myself.
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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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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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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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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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Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they throw bricks at meIm a pretty good shot myself and I usually throw em back at em.
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I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
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No nation on this globe should be more internationally minded than America because it was built by all nations.
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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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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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