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It sure is hell to be president.
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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Our efforts have brought new hope to all mankind. We have beaten back despair and defeatism. We have saved a number of countries from losing their liberty. Hundreds of millions of people all over the world now agree with us, that we need not have war-that we can have peace.
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America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
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My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.
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Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.
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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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