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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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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
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Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.
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France is France and a grand place for Frenchman.
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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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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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Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.
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The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.
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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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We worship money instead of honour.
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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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If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.
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I enjoyed my new position as vice president, but it took me a while to get used to the fact that I no longer had the voting privileges I had enjoyed for 10 years as a senator.
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It's tougher to be a football coach than the President of the United States. You've got four years as a president, and they guard you. A football coach doesn't have anyone to protect him when things go wrong.
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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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The atom bomb was no “great decision.” It was used in the war, and for your information, there were more people killed by fire bombs in Tokyo than dropping of the atomic bombs accounted for. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. The dropping of the bombs stopped the war, save millions of lives.
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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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I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.
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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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Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness.
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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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