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I never sit on a fence. I am either on one side or another.
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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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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I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount.
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There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act.
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One of the presidents we could have done without.... There are some things I admire about Tyler, but there were also plenty of things that weren't so admirable.... The reason I have a certain amount of grudging respect for John Tyler is that he knew his own mind and stuck to his decisions.
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When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing will happen. Poor Ikeit wont be a bit like the Army. Hell find it very frustrating.
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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 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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Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time
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The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.
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There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do
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We must never forget that this coutry was founded by men who came to these shores to worship God as they pleased. Catholics, Jews, and Protestants, all came here for this great purpose. They did not come here to do as they pleased - but to worship God as they pleased, and that is an important distinction.
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I do not believe in shooting anything that cannot shoot back.
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The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.
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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
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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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Partisanship must end at the waters edge.
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Within the first few months I discovered that being president is like riding a tiger. A man has to keep riding or be swallowed. The fantastically crowded nine months of 1945 taught me that a President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt I could let up for a single moment.
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It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job it's a depression when you lose yours.
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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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We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God
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