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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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In this shrinking world, it is futile to seek safety behind geographical barriers. Real security will be found only in law and in justice.
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Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it.
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Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.
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This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.
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He was a great president in his first term in his second term, he wasn't the same Grover Cleveland he was to begin with. ...Cleveland reestablished the presidency by being not only a chief executive but a leader.
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We worship money instead of honour.
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Today, America has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth. We must keep it so.
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It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
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As you get older, you get tired of doing the same things over and over again, so you think Christmas has changed. It hasn't. It's you who has changed.
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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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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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People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.
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If you can't convince them, confuse them.
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You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.
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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
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