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I'm very proud that I'm smart enough to get to the point
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 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.
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The White House is the finest prison in the world.
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The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as many other pioneers, with an opportunity to acquire land and establish family farms. To the land-hungry immigrants, the tough prairie sod seemed a golden opportunity and they conquered it by hard work.
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All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.
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Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.
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Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.
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When you have to deal with a beast, you have to treat him as a beast. It is most regrettable but nevertheless true.
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It is time that all Americans realized that the place of labor is side by side with the businessman and with the farmer, and not one-degree lower.
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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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But all of us-at home, at war, wherever we may be-are within the reach of God's love and power. We all can pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of God's will.
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This government has been informed that a Jewish state has been proclaimed in Palestine, and recognition has been requested by the provisional government thereof. The United States recognizes the provisional government as the de facto authority of the new State of Israel.
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The way in which you endure that which you must endure is more important than the crisis itself.
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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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I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
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I said that an expert was a fella who was afraid to learn anything new because then he wouldn't be an expert anymore.
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I sincerely regret the unfortunate choice of language which I used in my letter of August 29 to Congressman McDonough concerning the Marine Corps.
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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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Men make history. History does not make the man.
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