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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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We must build a new world, a far better world - one in which the eternal dignity of man is respected.
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The most peaceful thing in the world is plowing a field. Chances are you’ll do your best thinking that way.
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Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress.
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Some questions cannot be answered, but they can be decided.
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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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Our efforts have brought new hope to all mankind. We have beaten back despair and defeatism. We have saved a number of countries from losing their liberty. Hundreds of millions of people all over the world now agree with us, that we need not have war-that we can have peace.
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When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here, and hell say, Do this! Do that! And nothing will happen. Poor Ikeit wont be a bit like the Army. Hell find it very frustrating.
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The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill of Rights comes from the teachings which we get from Exodus and St. Matthew, from Isaiah and St. Paul.
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Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.
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My father was not a failure. After all, he was the father of a president of the United States.
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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 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.
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If you don't have your own goals, you'll be doomed to work toward someone else's.
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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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I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.
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Such an atmosphere is un-American, the most un-American thing we have to contend with today. It is the climate of a totalitarian country in which scientists are expected to change their theories to match changes in the police state's propaganda line.
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One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service.
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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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Give me a one-handed economist! All my economists say, On the one hand on the other.
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Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they throw bricks at meIm a pretty good shot myself and I usually throw em back at em.
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