Quote

He wanted to know what assurance we could give the American people that we aren't getting the tar licked out of us by the North Korean army. It has never happened to us. It won't happen this time.

Harry S. Truman

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Harry S. Truman
Age: 88 †
Born: 1884
Born: May 8
Died: 1972
Died: December 26
33Rd U.S. President
Businessperson
Diarist
Judge
Military Officer
Politician
Lamar
Missouri
Harry Truman
Truman
President Truman
H. S. Truman
H. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Giving
Happen
Never
Happened
Time
Getting
Licked
People
American
Korean
War
Assurance
Happens
North
Give
Army
Wanted
Aren

More quotes by Harry S. Truman

Image
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.
Harry S. Truman
Image
May we Americans all live up to our glorious heritage.
Harry S. Truman
Image
Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
Harry S. Truman
Image
All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.
Harry S. Truman
Image
We should resolve now that the health of this nation is a national concern that financial barriers in the way of attaining health shall be removed that the health of all it's citizens deserves the help of all the nation.
Harry S. Truman
Image
Partisanship must end at the waters edge.
Harry S. Truman
Image
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.
Harry S. Truman
Image
In the long view, no nation is any healthier than its children.
Harry S. Truman
Image
I like riding a bicycle built for two--by myself.
Harry S. Truman
Image
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.
Harry S. Truman
Image
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.
Harry S. Truman
Image
Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima. . . . The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.
Harry S. Truman
Image
I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
Harry S. Truman
Image
I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do.
Harry S. Truman
Image
I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.
Harry S. Truman
Image
This is a Christian nation.
Harry S. Truman
Image
It isn't important who is ahead at one time or another, in either an election or a horse race. It's the horse that comes in first at the finish that counts
Harry S. Truman
Image
The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
Harry S. Truman
Image
A President cannot always be popular.
Harry S. Truman
Image
Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. The time has arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and that protection.
Harry S. Truman