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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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There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.
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The absence of war is not peace.
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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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Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.
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I fear we are too much concerned with material things to remember that our real strength lies in spiritual values.
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In most of my campaigns, I find it is best not to mention my opponent by name because, by doing so, it just gives him a chance to get into the headlines.
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Although I hold the highest civil honour in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a Past Grand Master of Masons the greatest honour that had ever come to me.
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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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It is ignorance that causes most mistakes.
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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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I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he'd taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he'd taken a poll in Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll?
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You know of our sympathetic interest in this country in Iran's desire to control its natural resources. From this point of view we were happy to see that the British Government has on its part accepted the principle of nationalization.
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I remember when I first came to Washington. For the first six months you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.
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I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if He had taken a poll in the land of Israel? Where would the Reformation have gone if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion alone of the moment that counts.
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Canada is a broad land - broad in mind, broad in spirit, and broad in physical expanse.
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I would rather have peace in the world than be President.
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Not every reader is a leader, but every leader must be a reader.
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The only new thing is history we don't know.
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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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There's nothing better than cake but more cake.
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