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Men make history. History does not make the man.
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 religious faith gives us the answer to the false beliefs of Communism... I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present position of power and strength for some great purpose.
Harry S. Truman
I wonder how many times you have to be hit on the head before you find out who's hitting you? It's about time that the people of America realized what the Republicans have been doing to them.
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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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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.
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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.
Harry S. Truman
I can assure you that flying saucers, given that they exist, are not constructed by any power on Earth.
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When a leader is in the Democratic Party he's a boss. When he's in the Republican Party he's nothing but a leader.
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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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Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.
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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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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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If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.
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The greatest honor that has come to me, and that can ever come to me in my life, is to be Grand Master of Masons in Missouri.
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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 had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it - not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.
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Being too good is apt to be uninteresting.
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We fully realize today that victory in war requires a mighty united effort. Certainly, victory in peace calls for, and must receive, an equal effort. Man has learned long ago, that it is impossible to live unto himself. This same basic principle applies today to nations. We were not isolated during the war. We dare not now become isolated in peace.
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Democracy alone can supply the vitalizing force to stir the peoples of the world into triumphant action, not only against their human oppressors, but also against their ancient enemies-hunger, misery, and despair.
Harry S. Truman
I do not understand a mind which sees a gracious beneficence in spending money to slay and maim human beings in almost unimaginable numbers and deprecates the expenditure of a smaller sum to patch up the ills of mankind.
Harry S. Truman
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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